Sometimes, we want to use HTML5 and JavaScript to generate and save a file.
In this article, we’ll look at how to use HTML5 and JavaScript to generate and save a file.
How to use HTML5 and JavaScript to generate and save a file?
To use HTML5 and JavaScript to generate and save a file, we create an a element and click on it.
For instance, we write
const pom = document.createElement("a");
pom.setAttribute(
"href",
"data:text/plain;charset=utf-8," + encodeURIComponent(text)
);
pom.setAttribute("download", filename);
pom.click();
to create an a element with createElement.
And then we call setAttribute to set the href attribute to the base64 string with the file’s contents.
Then we call click to click on the a element to download the file.
Conclusion
To use HTML5 and JavaScript to generate and save a file, we create an a element and click on it.
