downloadable github files

downloadableGitHubFiles.js

/*
 *
 * The hope was to be able to drag out of the browser files from github onto the file system.
 * I thought I saw the prototype work correctly once, but can't get it working anymore :(
 *
 *
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 *
 * License: Make It Work: ( someone help me make this work )
 *
 * TODO: 
 *   - Make this work correctly
 *   - Turn into a Chrome plugin
 *   - Look to correclty support mime types. (don't hard-code text/plain)
 */
 
$('.js-directory-link').each(function(){
  $(this).attr('draggable', true);
  var filePath = $(this).attr('href');
  var downloadUrl = "https://raw2.github.com" + filePath.replace("/blob/", '/');
  var fileName = downloadUrl.slice(downloadUrl.lastIndexOf("/")+1)
  var url = "text/plain:" + fileName + ":" + downloadUrl;

  this.addEventListener("dragstart",function(e){
    console.log('downloading...:', url);
    e.dataTransfer.setData("DownloadURL", url);
  },false);
});