Save files on disk using JavaScript or JQuery!

ou can save any file, or DataURL, or Blob on disk using HTML5's newly introduced "download" attribute.

Use cases:

1. Force browser to download/save files like PDF/HTML/PHP/ASPX/JS/CSS/etc. on disk
2. Concatenate all transmitted blobs and save them as file on disk - it is useful in file sharing applications

Microsoft Edge? (msSaveBlob/msSaveOrOpenBlob)

/**
 * @param {Blob} file - File or Blob object. This parameter is required.
 * @param {string} fileName - Optional file name e.g. "image.png"
 */
function invokeSaveAsDialog(file, fileName) {
    if (!file) {
        throw 'Blob object is required.';
    }

    if (!file.type) {
        file.type = 'video/webm';
    }

    var fileExtension = file.type.split('/')[1];

    if (fileName && fileName.indexOf('.') !== -1) {
        var splitted = fileName.split('.');
        fileName = splitted[0];
        fileExtension = splitted[1];
    }

    var fileFullName = (fileName || (Math.round(Math.random() * 9999999999) 

          + 888888888)) + '.' + fileExtension;

    if (typeof navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob !== 'undefined') {
        return navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob(file, fileFullName);
    } else if (typeof navigator.msSaveBlob !== 'undefined') {
        return navigator.msSaveBlob(file, fileFullName);
    }

    var hyperlink = document.createElement('a');
    hyperlink.href = URL.createObjectURL(file);
    hyperlink.target = '_blank';
    hyperlink.download = fileFullName;

    if (!!navigator.mozGetUserMedia) {
        hyperlink.onclick = function() {
            (document.body || document.documentElement).removeChild(hyperlink);
        };
        (document.body || document.documentElement).appendChild(hyperlink);
    }

    var evt = new MouseEvent('click', {
        view: window,
        bubbles: true,
        cancelable: true
    });

    hyperlink.dispatchEvent(evt);

    if (!navigator.mozGetUserMedia) {
        URL.revokeObjectURL(hyperlink.href);
    }
}

Here is how to use above function:

var textFile = new Blob(['Hello Sir'], {
   type: 'text/plain'
});
invokeSaveAsDialog(textFile, 'TextFile.txt');

You can pass two arguments over "SaveToDisk" function:

1. file-URL or blob or data-URL - it is mandatory
2. file name - it is optional

Here is "SaveToDisk" function uses new syntax of "createEvent" API:

function SaveToDisk(fileURL, fileName) {
        var save = document.createElement('a');
        save.href = fileURL;
        save.target = '_blank';
        save.download = fileName || 'unknown';

        var event = document.createEvent('Event');
        event.initEvent('click', true, true);
        save.dispatchEvent(event);
        (window.URL || window.webkitURL).revokeObjectURL(save.href);
}

Here is "SaveToDisk" function uses old syntax of "createEvent" API:

function SaveToDisk(fileURL, fileName) {
        var save = document.createElement('a');
        save.href = fileURL;
        save.target = '_blank';
        save.download = fileName || fileURL;
        var evt = document.createEvent('MouseEvents');
        evt.initMouseEvent('click', true, true, window, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0,
            false, false, false, false, 0, null);
        save.dispatchEvent(evt);
        (window.URL || window.webkitURL).revokeObjectURL(save.href);
}

Using "SaveToDisk" function

Force an image to be saved on disk instead of rendered by the browser:

SaveToDisk('imageURL.PNG', 'image.png');

Force downloading of pdf files (it will NEVER allow any browser specific pdf-reader to render/open your pdf files):

SaveToDisk('pdfURL.pdf');

Even you can enforce following web-browser specific files to be downloaded/saved on the disk instead of rendered within the browser!

JavaScript	SaveToDisk('/javascript-file.js')
HTML	SaveToDisk('/html-file.html')
CSS	SaveToDisk('/css-file.css')
ASPX	SaveToDisk('/aspx-file.aspx')
PHP	SaveToDisk('/php-file.php')
MVC	SaveToDisk('/controller/action-method')

Following apps are using "SaveToDisk" function to save files/blobs/etc. on disk:

DataChannel.js	A library for realtime data/file sharing using WebRTC!
RTCMultiConnection.js	A library for realtime audio/video/screen/data and file sharing using WebRTC!
Group File Sharing	Sharing files over multiple peer connections concurrently
RecordRTC	A library for WebRTC-Developers to record audio and video streams

Specification

1. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/DOM/document.createEvent
2. http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Events/#events-Events-DocumentEvent-createEvent

function SaveToDisk(fileUrl, fileName) {
    var hyperlink = document.createElement('a');
    hyperlink.href = fileUrl;
    hyperlink.target = '_blank';
    hyperlink.download = fileName || fileUrl;

    var mouseEvent = new MouseEvent('click', {
        view: window,
        bubbles: true,
        cancelable: true
    });

    hyperlink.dispatchEvent(mouseEvent);
    (window.URL || window.webkitURL).revokeObjectURL(hyperlink.href);
}