#🔒 Am I using downloadsPath incorrectly in playwright?

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modern hill
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The documentation says to use downloadsPath but when I try it like that it gives an unexpected argument. Instead I have it like this but I dont believe the downloads are actually going in the path

user_data_dir = r"C:\Users\WORKPC\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data"

# Define the directory path
downloads_path = './Videos/'

with sync_playwright() as p:
    # Launch a persistent context with user data directory
    browser = p.chromium.launch_persistent_context(
        user_data_dir,
        headless=False,
        downloads_path=downloads_path  # Specify the downloads directory
    )
    page = browser.new_page()```
untold canopyBOT
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@modern hill

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pastel flame
modern hill
# pastel flame Can you show us the error ?

with the downloads_path there is no error but with the downloadsPath like the docs say i get

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\WORKPC\PycharmProjects\pythonProject\invideoGenerator.py", line 14, in <module>
    browser = p.chromium.launch_persistent_context(
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
TypeError: BrowserType.launch_persistent_context() got an unexpected keyword argument 'downloadsPath'

Process finished with exit code 1```
pastel flame
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Ah

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I think you've read the javascript docs

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The parameter in python is named downloads_path, and not downloadsPath

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One is snake_case, the other is camelCase

pastel flame
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