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Created January 6, 2020 15:22
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Create a link and click it then remove link. Used for fudging browser file downloads
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downloadFile.js
const downloadFile = (filename, text) => {
var element = document.createElement('a');
element.setAttribute('href', 'data:text/plain;charset=utf-8,' + encodeURIComponent(text));
element.setAttribute('download', filename);
element.style.display = 'none';
document.body.appendChild(element);
element.click();
document.body.removeChild(element);
}
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