File Upload And Download

Users can upload and download files on the web using Simplex. This is useful for uploading images to pages like real estate listings, or downloading files from medical records or EHR systems.

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Uploading Files

To upload files, we provide the click_and_upload endpoint and SDK function, which takes in an element description and a file to upload. The element description must be an element that would typically open the operating system file upload dialog.

In this example on Dropbox, we have to first press the “Upload or drop” button, then run click_and_upload with the “File” button and our desired file.

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Downloading Files

To download files, we provide the click_and_download endpoint and SDK function, which takes in an element description. The element description must be an element that would typically download a file to your computer.

In this example on Dropbox, we have to first click the desired file (the ycombinator logo), then run click_and_download with the “Download” button.

from simplex import Simplex

simplex = Simplex(api_key="your_api_key")
simplex.create_session()
simplex.goto("https://dropbox.com")
simplex.restore_login_session("sessions/dropbox_login_session.json")
simplex.click("ycombinator")
simplex.click_and_download("Download")

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