How to Download File in Javascript

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In this article, you will learn how to download a file in Javascript.

Let’s say you want to download Codesource.io’s logo.

Download File

In order to download a file, you can use the HTML’s download attribute.

function download(fileUrl, fileName) {
  var a = document.createElement("a");
  a.href = fileUrl;
  a.setAttribute("download", fileName);
  a.click();
}

download("https://codesource.io/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/codesource.png", "Codesource_Logo.png");

Note: The HTML’s download attribute functions by downloading the supplied file URL upon clicking.

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