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

There are so many little things that can happen when trying to download a file. The inconsistency between browsers alone is a nightmare. I ended up using this great little library. https://github.com/rndme/download

Nice thing about it is that its flexible for not only urls but for client side data you want to download.

1. text string
2. text dataURL
3. text blob
4. text arrays
5. html string
6. html blob
7. ajax callback
8. binary files