Trigger a download from Ajax call

ajax_download.js

/**
 * It is actually possible to trigger a download upon return from a GET or POST Ajax request.
 * Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16086162/handle-file-download-from-ajax-post/23797348#23797348
 * Here with jQuery $ajax().
 **/

$.ajax({...})
.then(function(response, status, xhr) {
    /* Check for a filename */
    var filename = "";
    var disposition = xhr.getResponseHeader('Content-Disposition');
    if (disposition && disposition.indexOf('attachment') !== -1) {
        var filenameRegex = /filename[^;=\n]*=((['"]).*?\2|[^;\n]*)/;
        var matches = filenameRegex.exec(disposition);
        if (matches !== null && matches[1]) {
            filename = matches[1].replace(/['"]/g, '');
        }
    }
    var type = xhr.getResponseHeader('Content-Type');
    var blob = new Blob([response], { type: type });
    if (typeof window.navigator.msSaveBlob !== 'undefined') {
        /* IE workaround for "HTML7007: One or more blob URLs were revoked by closing the blob for which they were created.
           These URLs will no longer resolve as the data backing the URL has been freed." */
        window.navigator.msSaveBlob(blob, filename);
    } else {
        var URL = window.URL || window.webkitURL;
        var downloadUrl = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
        if (filename) {
            /* Use HTML5 a[download] attribute to specify filename */
            var a = document.createElement("a");
            /* Fallback: Safari doesn't support this yet */
            if (typeof a.download === 'undefined') {
                window.location = downloadUrl;
            } else {
                a.href = downloadUrl;
                a.download = filename;
                document.body.appendChild(a);
                a.click();
            }
        /* Fallback */
        } else {
            window.location = downloadUrl;
        }
        setTimeout(function () { URL.revokeObjectURL(downloadUrl); }, 100); // cleanup
    }
});