On click on download button I need to “GET” an xml file from rest api url (http://localhost:xxxx/xx.xml) and save it on users desktop. How do I achieve this in javascript. Thanks.
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On click on download button I need to “GET” an xml file from rest api url (http://localhost:xxxx/xx.xml) and save it on users desktop. How do I achieve this in javascript. Thanks.
if you have control over the webhost, send the header:
You could also use AJAX call and something like the downloadify flash object. Other than these there is no native way to force the downloading of a file