How to specify download location in Html using JavaScript
Whether the browser asks the user or not is down to the preferences in the browser.
You can't bypass those preference, otherwise it would violate user's security.
What you can do is make sure you're sending the browser as much information as possible to help it make for a good user experience. If you're not already doing so, be sure to include a Content-Disposition header in the response to the download request, including a filename field:
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=test.csv
Also see these other stackoverflow questions:
Specify default download folder - possibly with JavaScript?
Set file download destination using ExtJs
Niall_Maher
Student, in Ireland learning new and interesting programming languages
Updated on July 20, 2022Comments
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Niall_Maher almost 2 years
is it possible to specify the download location for a file from a Html page using JavaScript?
the function I am currently using to down my file is provided below.
function saveTextAsFile() { var textToWrite = document.getElementById("inputTextToSave").value; var textFileAsBlob = new Blob([textToWrite], {type:'xlsx'}); var fileNameToSaveAs = "NAME.csv"; var downloadLink = document.createElement("a"); downloadLink.download = fileNameToSaveAs; window.URL = window.URL || window.webkitURL; downloadLink.href = window.URL.createObjectURL(textFileAsBlob); downloadLink.onclick = destroyClickedElement; downloadLink.style.display = "none"; document.body.appendChild(downloadLink); downloadLink.click(); }
Thanks for your help in advance.
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Niall_Maher over 8 yearsIs it possible to specify the download location using any programming language integrable with Html ?
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Darren Willows over 8 yearsNo. It is not allowed due to security.