File download

download.ts

export const downloadFile = (blob: Blob, fileName: string) => {
  const link = document.createElement("a");
  // create a blobURI pointing to our Blob
  link.href = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
  link.download = fileName;
  // some browser needs the anchor to be in the doc
  document.body.append(link);
  link.click();
  link.remove();
  // in case the Blob uses a lot of memory
  setTimeout(() => URL.revokeObjectURL(link.href), 1000);
};

export const saveAsTextFile = (text: string, fileName: string) => {
  const blob = new Blob([text], {
    type: "text/plain;charset=utf-8",
  });
  downloadFile(blob, `${fileName}.txt`);
};