Handle file download from ajax post

Question

I have a javascript app that sends ajax POST requests to a certain URL. Response might be a JSON string or it might be a file (as an attachment). I can easily detect Content

Answer 1

Here is how I got this working https://stackoverflow.com/a/27563953/2845977

$.ajax({
  url: '',
  success: function(data) {
    var blob=new Blob([data]);
    var link=document.createElement('a');
    link.href=window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
    link.download="";
    link.click();
  }
});

Updated answer using download.js

$.ajax({
  url: '',
  success: download.bind(true, "", "")
});