dreamyguy

// 'downloadFile.js', written by blending two solutions:
// 'js-download' https://github.com/kennethjiang/js-file-download
// 'Anders Paulsen' https://blog.jayway.com/2017/07/13/open-pdf-downloaded-api-javascript/

export function downloadFile(data, filename, mime) {
  // It is necessary to create a new blob object with mime-type explicitly set
  // otherwise only Chrome works like it should
  const blob = new Blob([data], {type: mime || 'application/octet-stream'});
  if (typeof window.navigator.msSaveBlob !== 'undefined') {
    // IE doesn't allow using a blob object directly as link href.