Downloading Excel file xlsx in Angularjs and WebApi

Question

I am working on a task, in which I have to download a report in xlsx format. The report file is generated successfully from server, and is received on client side as well.

Answer 1

I expect your $http call is missing the response type configuration. This is the way I download office files:

function download(url, defaultFileName) {
    var self = this;
    var deferred = $q.defer();
    $http.get(url, { responseType: "arraybuffer" }).then(
        function (data, status, headers) {
            var type = headers('Content-Type');
            var disposition = headers('Content-Disposition');
            if (disposition) {
                var match = disposition.match(/.*filename=\"?([^;\"]+)\"?.*/);
                if (match[1])
                    defaultFileName = match[1];
            }
            defaultFileName = defaultFileName.replace(/[<>:"\/\\|?*]+/g, '_');
            var blob = new Blob([data], { type: type });
            saveAs(blob, defaultFileName);
            deferred.resolve(defaultFileName);                    
        }, function (data, status) {
            var e = /* error */
            deferred.reject(e);
        });
    return deferred.promise;
}