Download generated text as a file with violentmonkey/greasemonkey

json.md

• https://violentmonkey.github.io/api/gm/#gm_download
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URL/createObjectURL_static
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Basics_of_HTTP/MIME_types

JSON

const obj = { hello: "world" };
const blob = new Blob([JSON.stringify(obj, null, 2)], {
  type: "application/json",
})

const foo = URL.createObjectURL(blob)

GM_download({url:foo, name:"foo.json"})

• Alternative: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/capabilities/web-apis/file-system-access

text.md

• https://violentmonkey.github.io/api/gm/#gm_download
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URL/createObjectURL_static
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Basics_of_HTTP/MIME_types

Plain text

const text = `
this
is
text
on
many
lines
`
const blob = new Blob([text], { type: "text/plain"})

const foo = URL.createObjectURL(blob)

GM_download({url:foo, name:"foo.txt"})

• Alternative: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/capabilities/web-apis/file-system-access