Download File Using Javascript/jQuery

Question

I have a very similar requirement specified here.

I need to have the user\'s browser start a download manually when $(\'a#someID\').click();

But

Answer 1

I don't know if the question is just too old, but setting window.location to a download url will work, as long as the download mime type is correct (for example a zip archive).

var download = function(downloadURL) {

   location = downloadURL;

});

download('http://example.com/archive.zip'); //correct usage
download('http://example.com/page.html'); //DON'T