How to generate a download file in javascript

Question

I was stuck here not understood go further. some screens works same code but some not.

var element = document.createElement('a'); 
          element.setAttribute('href', 'data:text/html;charset=utf-8,' + encodeURIComponent(strOutput.replaceAll('£', '&#163;'))); 
          element.setAttribute('download',"fpversions"); 
          element.style.display = 'none'; 
          document.body.appendChild(element); 
          element.click(); 
          document.body.removeChild(element);

can anyone help me.

Does this answer your question? [How to download file with javascript?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54626186/how-to-download-file-with-javascript) — Besworks, Jun 03 '22 at 18:48

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 03 '22 at 13:24

this is a sample javascript code on how to download files via javascript

  var textToSave = 'this is a test';
  var hiddenElement = document.createElement('a');
  hiddenElement.href = 'data:attachment/text,' + encodeURI(textToSave);
  hiddenElement.target = '_blank';
  hiddenElement.download = 'myFile.txt';
  hiddenElement.click();

function myFunction() {
  var textToSave = 'this is a test';
  var hiddenElement = document.createElement('a');
  hiddenElement.href = 'data:attachment/text,' + encodeURI(textToSave);
  hiddenElement.target = '_blank';
  hiddenElement.download = 'myFile.txt';
  hiddenElement.click();
}

<button onclick="myFunction()">Click me</button>

How to generate a download file in javascript

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