How to get the name of a file downloaded with Angular $http?

Question

I\'ve written code that uses Angular $http to download a file. The name of the file is not specified in the URL. The URL contains a unique identifier for the file, wh

Answer 1

Similar to some of the above answers but using a basic RegEx is how I solved it instead:

let fileName = parseFilenameFromContentDisposition(response.headers('Content-Disposition'));

function parseFilenameFromContentDisposition(contentDisposition) {
    if (!contentDisposition) return null;
    let matches = /filename="(.*?)"/g.exec(contentDisposition);

    return matches && matches.length > 1 ? matches[1] : null;
}