save javascript output as textfile

Question

this is my xml file:-

<child_2 entity_id="2" value="Root" parent_id="1">
    <child_4 entity_id="4" value="Activities" parent_id="2">
        <child_10066 entity_id="10066" value="Physical1" parent_id="4">
            <child_10067 entity_id="10067" value="Cricket" parent_id="10066">
                <child_10068 entity_id="10068" value="One Day" parent_id="10067"/>
            </child_10067>
        </child_10066>
        <child_10069 entity_id="10069" value="Test2" parent_id="4"/>
        <child_10070 entity_id="10070" value="Test3" parent_id="4"/>
        <child_10071 entity_id="10071" value="Test4" parent_id="4"/>
        <child_10072 entity_id="10072" value="Test5" parent_id="4"/>
        <child_5 entity_id="5" value="Physical" parent_id="4"/>
    </child_4>
</child_2>

this is my javscript:-

<html>
<head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
var xml;
$.get(
    "region.xml",  
    function(data)
    { xml=data; },
    "html"
);
function get_list(){
    xmlDoc = $.parseXML( xml ),
    $xml = $( xmlDoc ),
    $title = $xml.find('[entity_id="'+$('#select').val()+'"]');
    $nodes = $title.find('*');
    var result='';
    $nodes.each(function(){
        result += $(this).attr('entity_id');
        result += ',';
    });
    $("#result").html(result);
}
</script>
<input type="text" id="select">
<input type="button" name="button" value="Search" onclick="get_list()" >
<div id="result">
</div>

here i am try to get all the xml attribute value i am success on them now i want to save this output as a textfile
how its possible
please help me out with this...
thanks

Prasath K · Answer 1 · 2013-04-11T10:21:43.413

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Have a look on

edited Apr 11 '13 at 10:21

answered Apr 11 '13 at 10:11

Prasath K

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 11 '13 at 10:21

One HTML5 way of doing it:

window.URL = window.URL || window.webkitURL;

function download(/*string*/dataToDownload, /*string*/filename) {
     var a = document.createElement('a');
     var blob = new Blob(dataToDownload, {'type':'application\/octet-stream'});
     a.href = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
     a.download = filename;
     a.click();
};

You can also use Downloadify library, that uses flash to trigger the download and allow the user to name the file.

Or the most common and safe way is to send the data to php and return it with the correct headers that will trigger the download and also allow the user to name the file

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 11 '13 at 10:13

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Writing to a file on client side is not only quite complicated (use ActiveX Scripting.FileSystemObject), but is also a bad practice due to security reasons.

answered Apr 11 '13 at 10:13

Alytrem

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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If you want a solution that works cross browser, it's better to post the data to server, to a PHP file for example. This php file can then "offer" the file to download.

See this question to get started: How to force file download with PHP.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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answered Apr 11 '13 at 10:13

Tamás Pap

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save javascript output as textfile

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