Download text to a file (🔖Bookmarklet)

#downloadToFile.md

Download text to a file

Code that will take a filename and text data and have the user download it.

Run it in your address bar (Bookmarklet)

data:text/html,<input id="filenameInput" value="file-to-save.txt"/><button onclick="downloadToFile(filenameInput.value, contentInput.value)">Download File</button><textarea id="contentInput" style="width:100%" rows="10">Content</textarea><script>const downloadToFile=(filename,content)=>{if(!content){alert("No content to save!");return;}
const a=document.createElement("a");const file=new Blob([content],{type:"text/plain"});a.href=URL.createObjectURL(file);a.download=filename;a.click();URL.revokeObjectURL(a.href);};</script>

downloadToFile.html

<input id="filenameInput" value="file-to-save.txt"/>

<button onclick="downloadToFile(filenameInput.value, contentInput.value)">Download File</button>

<br><br>

<textarea id="contentInput" style="width:100%" rows="10">Content</textarea>

<script>
const downloadToFile = (filename, content) => {
  if (!content) { alert("No content to save!"); return; }

  const a = document.createElement("a");
  const file = new Blob([content], { type: "text/plain" });
  a.href = URL.createObjectURL(file);
  a.download = filename;
  a.click();
  URL.revokeObjectURL(a.href);
};
</script>