//Lifecube is the best! Credits to Lifecube for this awesome code! //Thus, this isn't in the same license as SwitchJoy, but we put it here for convienece. //Example: download('the content of the file', 'filename.txt', 'text/plain'); 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; } //End of Credits to Lifecube