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js-file-download
Javascript function that triggers browser to save javascript-generated content to a file
Javascript File Download
Javascript function to trigger browser to save data to file as if it was downloaded.
Installation
npm install js-file-download --save
Usage
var fileDownload = require('js-file-download');
fileDownload(data, 'filename.csv');
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Javascript function that triggers browser to save javascript-generated content to a file
The npm package js-file-download receives a total of 931,392 weekly downloads. As such, js-file-download popularity was classified as popular.
We found that js-file-download demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 06 May 2020
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