Below error sometimes happen: Solution: Use the Desktop Recorder to Download from the webĮven with all the issues, Power Automate offers a workaround that works flawlessly (at least to me so far): use the Desktop Recorder! Let’s take a look:įirst thing, lets launch Chrome (We’ll be using this website for this example: ):Īnd here’s the trick: Use web recorder for all actions in your webpage (like login, search, filter, etc) but once you reach the download step, use the Desktop Recorder (UI Automation features). Now we’re thinking: “Ok, let’s use the Automation Browser”, which works for some cases, but this browser has compatibility issues and not all pages load correctly, so even if the option to download can be used there, you still have the regular issues of the Internet Explorer navigation. Yikes! The option is only available for their out of the box “ Automation Browser” (which is based on Internet Explorer… which we know for not being so cool to use!) When trying to download a file from a link or a button, or using a PDF download button, we may think of using the “Click download link on web page” action:īut once we run the flow to test it in either Chrome, Firefox or Edge, we’ll get this error:

Known issues to download files from the web However, it has limitations when it comes to download files from the web, still, Microsoft offers a way to work around this: the Desktop recorder. Power Automate has evolved a lot in the recent months, and with their Desktop application they have expanded the possibilities of automation. FebruPower Automate Desktop: Download files from the web using Chrome, Firefox or Edge

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