How to trigger a file download when clicking an HTML button or JavaScript

Question

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Answer 1

If your looking for a vanilla JavaScript (no jQuery) solution and without using the HTML5 attribute you could try this.

const download = document.getElementById("fileRequest");

download.addEventListener('click', request);

function request() {
    window.location = 'document.docx';
}

.dwnld-cta {
    border-radius: 15px 15px;
    width: 100px;
    line-height: 22px
}

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