Download Table jQuery Plugin

jquery.downloadTable.js

/*

Download Table - jQuery plugin
written by Nico Beta
http://github.com/nicobeta

Markup:

    <a href="#table" id="test" data-filename="clients">Download</a>

- href: table selector
- data-filename: name of the downloadable file

How to use:

    $('#test').downloadTable();

*/

(function($) {

    $.fn.extend({
        downloadTable: function() {

            var cellDel = ",",
                rowDel = "\r\n",
                table = [],
                blob,
                target = $(this).attr('href'),
                filename = $(this).data('filename') || 'table';

            $(target).find('tr').each(function() {
                row = [];
                $(this).children().each(function() {
                    row.push($(this).text());
                });
                table.push(row.join(cellDel));
            });
            table = table.join(rowDel);

            blob = new Blob([table], {"type": "text/csv"});

            $(this).attr({
                href: window.URL.createObjectURL(blob),
                download: filename + '.csv'
            });

            return this;
        }
    });

})(jQuery);