Javascript download string as text file

We can request any sort of data from an API and then use this approach to save data inside our computer. All the major browsers support all the above methods except the method using the Axios library.

Internet Explorer still does not supports the native ES6 promises, and Axios depends heavily on them. Download Algorithm Create a text area to enter the text data. This will help us to replace certain special characters with a combination of escape sequences.

Append this created element to the body of the document HTML page. Machine Learning. Data Structures. Operating System. Computer Network. Compiler Design. Computer Organization. Discrete Mathematics. Ethical Hacking. Computer Graphics. Software Engineering. Web Technology. Cyber Security. C Programming. Control System. Data Mining. Data Warehouse. Javatpoint Services JavaTpoint offers too many high quality services. Following are a couple of ways to work with multi-line string: Method 1 It is the simplest way of JavaScript to show the string text in multiple lines.

Contents 1. What are automatic downloads with JavaScript? Making JavaScript download files without the server 3. Using FileSaver. What is a Blob? JavaScript download: useful tips.

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Brett DeWoody 53k 27 27 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. Thanks to you "how to trigger a file download in javascript" would give answers much faster for any future searcher.

Your restrictions in your final paragraph don't make much sense to me. If you're open to answers that use JavaScript since you say so or that require changing the DOM structure like the one you've accepted , why not also an anchor styled as a button?

I can't imagine a scenario where the first two would be fine but the anchor as a button would be problematic. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. You can trigger a download with the HTML5 download attribute. That means the page and the file must share the same domain, subdomain, protocol HTTP vs. HTTPS , and port if specified. Exceptions are blob: and data: which always work , and file: which never works.

If it is blank, the browser defaults to the file's name. Improve this answer. MultiplyByZer0 4, 3 3 gold badges 28 28 silver badges 46 46 bronze badges. Joe Pigott Joe Pigott 7, 5 5 gold badges 29 29 silver badges 42 42 bronze badges.

Browsers that understand download treat it as a download, otherwise it's opened in a new tab. How can this be applied to a button object instead of just an a tag? Actually this only works for urls of the same origin as mentioned in the MDN docs. This is a huge limitation if we are looking to develop a generic solution — Akshat Gupta. The question is explicitly asking to use a button instead of a link — Quentin.

Show 9 more comments. Gray k 22 22 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. Cfreak Cfreak In when the answer was originally posted it wasn't supported in any major browser.

This doesn't necessarily trigger a download. It simply causes the browser to navigate to file. Whether that results in file.

Show 3 more comments. Ani Menon What if i wanna download a xml file? Thanks for your code. I have tested, it can working in IE, Chrome, Firefox. If you have a file acceptable by the browser like a PDF it will open in new tab instead to show download dialog. You could use window. Show 1 more comment. Stefanos Chrs Stefanos Chrs 1, 2 2 gold badges 14 14 silver badges 44 44 bronze badges. NicholasKyriakides Kind of reminds me of this gem: image.

BryanLarsen You are right, Firefox doesn't allow this without adding the element to body first.