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js-frontend-file-writer.js
/*
This will create a file and trigger a download for the user.
*/
var a = window.document.createElement('a');
a.href = window.URL.createObjectURL(new Blob(['This is the text in the file..'], {type: 'text/html'}));
a.download = 'filename_test.html';
// Append anchor to body.
document.body.appendChild(a)
a.click();
// Remove anchor from body
document.body.removeChild(a)
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