Create a file in memory for user to download, not through server
Is there any way I can 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), but can I create and prompt them to save it?
You can use data URIs. Browser support varies; see Wikipedia. Example:
<a href="data:application/octet-stream;charset=utf-16le;base64,//5mAG8AbwAgAGIAYQByAAoA">text file</a>
The octet-stream is to force a download prompt. Otherwise, it will probably open in the browser.
For CSV, you can use:
<a href="data:application/octet-stream,field1%2Cfield2%0Afoo%2Cbar%0Agoo%2Cgai%0A">CSV Octet</a>
Try the jsFiddle demo.
适用于HTML5的浏览器的简单解决方案...
function download(filename, text) {
var element = document.createElement('a');
element.setAttribute('href', 'data:text/plain;charset=utf-8,' + encodeURIComponent(text));
element.setAttribute('download', filename);
element.style.display = 'none';
document.body.appendChild(element);
element.click();
document.body.removeChild(element);
}form * {
display: block;
margin: 10px;
}<form onsubmit="download(this['name'].value, this['text'].value)">
<input type="text" name="name" value="test.txt">
<textarea name="text"></textarea>
<input type="submit" value="Download">
</form>All of the above example works just fine in chrome and IE, but fail in Firefox. Please do consider appending an anchor to the body and removing it after click.
var a = window.document.createElement('a');
a.href = window.URL.createObjectURL(new Blob(['Test,Text'], {type: 'text/csv'}));
a.download = 'test.csv';
// Append anchor to body.
document.body.appendChild(a);
a.click();
// Remove anchor from body
document.body.removeChild(a);