17-09-2015
Downloading a csv string as a file on browser can be troublesome. Some techniques don’t work for very long CSV strings and some techniques only work on some browsers.
Below code is tested on Internet Explorer 11, Firefox 27.0.1, and Chrome 45.0.2454.93 m
And you can extend the code (where it alerts user that their browser isn’t compatible) to support more browsers.
Please comment if you do so, it will help others.
var csvString = your csv string;
var blob = new Blob([csvString], { type: 'text/csv;charset=utf-8;' });
if (navigator.msSaveBlob)
{ // IE 10+
navigator.msSaveBlob(blob, fileName);
}
else
{
var link = document.createElement("a");
if (link.download !== undefined)
{ // feature detection
// Browsers that support HTML5 download attribute
var url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
link.setAttribute("href", url);
link.setAttribute("download", fileName);
link.style.visibility = 'hidden';
document.body.appendChild(link);
link.click();
document.body.removeChild(link);
}
else
{
// extend support for additional browsers here.
alert('Sorry, your browser does not support this export. Please contact support');
}
}
Sources:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27115748/download-attribute-not-working-in-firefox
http://blog.eliacontini.info/post/79860720828/export-to-csv-using-javascript-and-the-download
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