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javascript:download
function download(strData, strFileName, strMimeType) {
var D = document,
A = arguments,
a = D.createElement("a"),
d = A[0],
n = A[1],
t = A[2] || "text/plain";
//build download link:
a.href = "data:" + strMimeType + "charset=utf-8," + escape(strData);
if (window.MSBlobBuilder) { // IE10
var bb = new MSBlobBuilder();
bb.append(strData);
return navigator.msSaveBlob(bb, strFileName);
} /* end if(window.MSBlobBuilder) */
if ('download' in a) { //FF20, CH19
a.setAttribute("download", n);
a.innerHTML = "downloading...";
D.body.appendChild(a);
setTimeout(function() {
var e = D.createEvent("MouseEvents");
e.initMouseEvent("click", true, false, window, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, false, false, false, false, 0, null);
a.dispatchEvent(e);
D.body.removeChild(a);
}, 66);
return true;
}; /* end if('download' in a) */
//do iframe dataURL download: (older W3)
var f = D.createElement("iframe");
D.body.appendChild(f);
f.src = "data:" + (A[2] ? A[2] : "application/octet-stream") + (window.btoa ? ";base64" : "") + "," + (window.btoa ? window.btoa : escape)(strData);
setTimeout(function() {
D.body.removeChild(f);
}, 333);
return true;
}
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