If for example you follow the link:
data:application/octet-stream;base64,SGVsbG8=
The browser will prompt you to download a file consisting of t
This one works with Firefox 43.0 (older not tested):
dl.js:
function download() {
var msg="Hello world!";
var blob = new File([msg], "hello.bin", {"type": "application/octet-stream"});
var a = document.createElement("a");
a.href = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
window.location.href=a;
}
dl.html
<html lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8"/>
<title>Test</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="dl.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<button id="create" type="button" onclick="download();">Download</button>
</body>
</html>
If button is clicked it offered a file named hello.bin for download. Trick is to use File instead of Blob.
reference: https://developer.mozilla.org/de/docs/Web/API/File
HTML only: use the download
attribute:
<a download="logo.gif" href="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7">Download transparent png</a>
Javascript only: you can save any data URI with this code:
function saveAs(uri, filename) {
var link = document.createElement('a');
if (typeof link.download === 'string') {
link.href = uri;
link.download = filename;
//Firefox requires the link to be in the body
document.body.appendChild(link);
//simulate click
link.click();
//remove the link when done
document.body.removeChild(link);
} else {
window.open(uri);
}
}
var file = 'data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7'
saveAs(file, 'logo.gif');
Chrome, Firefox, and Edge 13+ will use the specified filename.
IE11, Edge 12, and Safari 9 (which don't support the download attribute) will download the file with their default name or they will simply display it in a new tab, if it's of a supported file type: images, videos, audio files, …
The following Javascript snippet works in Chrome by using the new 'download' attribute of links and simulating a click.
function downloadWithName(uri, name) {
var link = document.createElement("a");
link.download = name;
link.href = uri;
link.click();
}
And the following example shows it's use:
downloadWithName("data:,Hello%2C%20World!", "helloWorld.txt")
There is a tiny workaround script on Google Code that worked for me:
http://code.google.com/p/download-data-uri/
It adds a form with the data in it, submits it and then removes the form again. Hacky, but it did the job for me. Requires jQuery.
This thread showed up in Google before the Google Code page and I thought it might be helpful to have the link in here, too.
you can add a download attribute to the anchor element.
sample:
<a download="abcd.cer"
href="data:application/stream;base64,MIIDhTC......">down</a>
According to RFC 2397, no, there isn't.
Nor does there appear to be any attribute of the <a>
element that you can use either.
However HTML5 has subsequently introduced the download attribute on the <a>
element, although at the time of writing support is not universal (no MSIE support, for example)