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downloadFile()

Published Aug 27, 2023

For best results, use the function as part of a user-initiated DOM event.

function downloadFile(content, type = 'text/plain', filename) {
	const a = document.createElement('a');
	a.href = URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([content], { type }));
	a.download = filename;
	a.click();
}

The default character encoding for the text/plain MIME type is actually US-ASCII, which might be a problem. You may want to make the UTF-8 encoding explicit with text/plain;charset=utf8.