Download file without blob

download-file-without-blob.js

/**
 * Downloads a file from a given URL.
 **/
function download(url) {
  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    // Workaround for a programmatical file download.
    const anchor = document.createElement("a");
    anchor.href = url;
    anchor.setAttribute("download", "");
    document.body.appendChild(anchor);
    anchor.click();
    document.body.removeChild(anchor);

    console.log("FILE DOWNLOAD: " + url);
    resolve();
  });
}


// Example for usage

download("https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.40.0.tar.gz");