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Force Download via jQuery #jquery
var downloadTrigger = getUrlParameter('download');
if ( downloadTrigger == 'true' ) {
function download_file(fileURL, fileName) {
// for non-IE
if (!window.ActiveXObject) {
var save = document.createElement('a');
save.href = fileURL;
save.target = '_blank';
var filename = fileURL.substring(fileURL.lastIndexOf('/')+1);
save.download = fileName || filename;
if ( navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().match(/(ipad|iphone|safari)/) && navigator.userAgent.search("Chrome") < 0) {
document.location = save.href;
// window event not working here
} else {
var evt = new MouseEvent('click', {
'view': window,
'bubbles': true,
'cancelable': false
});
save.dispatchEvent(evt);
(window.URL || window.webkitURL).revokeObjectURL(save.href);
}
}
// for IE < 11
else if ( !! window.ActiveXObject && document.execCommand) {
var _window = window.open(fileURL, '_blank');
_window.document.close();
_window.document.execCommand('SaveAs', true, fileName || fileURL)
_window.close();
}
}
download_file("myPDFDownload.pdf", "Download.pdf");
}
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