jQuery dynamic file download

[Arnaud]

Hi folks!

What I need:

Dynamically generate a text file and submit it for download. The data is generated on client side.

What I don't know:

1. Do I have to use PHP here to generate the file since I have all the data in the client code?
2. If yes, what method would you suggest? iframe? jQuery plugin? anything I can't think of?

Thanks in advance!

[Arnaud]

Nobody on this?

TIA

[rnd me]

target='ing a hidden iframe, POST to php to echo the data while adding a content-dispostion header to specify type and filename.

[Arnaud]

Right. Thanks.

So there's no way to generate a file without the use of a server side language?

[rnd me]

you can use js, but it's a bit rough in that you can't specify a filename, so the data will have a random filename:

function downloadText(strText){
 return window.open("data:text/rtf,"+escape(strText));
}

downloadText("Hello World!");