It represents data like programs, code snippets, multimedia objects, and other things that don’t support JavaScript native format. Blobīlob stands for Binary Large Object and is a data type that can store binary data.
Before proceeding with the approach’s details, let us understand what Blob is, the data type used to download files using Axios. In this approach, we will use the Axios library to download files. Var text = document.getElementById("text").value Var element = document.createElement('a') ĮtAttribute('href','data:text/plain charset=utf-8, ' + encodeURIComponent(textInput)) ĮtAttribute('download', filename) Call the download function with text from the text area and the text file’s filename as parameters. Remove the element from the body of the document(HTML page).Īttach an event listener looking for a click to a download button.
In this article, we will learn how to download files using JavaScript.