Sep 20, 2010 · I need to have the user's browser start a download manually when $ ('a#someID').click (); But I cannot use the window.href method, since it replaces the current page contents with the file …

Feb 11, 2019 · 19 I want to be able to download a given file when pressing a button.The file will be provided via an API call.For now, I will have it in my local storage. So my folder is something like : …

Oct 12, 2010 · 211 I'm playing with the idea of making a completely JavaScript-based zip/unzip utility that anyone can access from a browser. They can just drag their zip directly into the browser and it'll …

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Update April 27, 2015 Up and coming to the HTML5 scene is the download attribute. It's supported in Firefox and Chrome, and soon to come to IE11. Depending on your needs, you could use it instead …

Apr 28, 2016 · If it's an actual file (something that won't simply display in your browser like a JPG file) then you could use a javascript or meta redirect. <script> document.location.href = 'yourfile.exe'; …

Sep 13, 2015 · As per some of the other answers, you can definitely use window.fetch and download.js to download a file. However, using window.fetch with blob has the restriction on memory imposed by …

Nov 15, 2010 · Javascript: Download data to file from content within the page Asked 15 years, 2 months ago Modified 1 year, 9 months ago Viewed 72k times

Mar 4, 2011 · Is it possible to force a download through JS or Javascript i-e the web page should not open the file in new tab in the browser but to pop up to let the user to choose eith "save as" or open …

Is there a way to create a text file on the client side and prompt the user to download it without any interaction with the server? I know I can't write directly to their machine (security and all)...