Angular Javascript export CSV. Is there a way specify the file extension consistently in Mac and Windows

Question

I have the following line of code:

window.location.href = "data:text/csv;base64," + csvdata

that set to export csv data. it works on Mac with the extension "csv", but on windows it doesn't recognize as csv file. is there a way to specify the file extension?

YOU · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-17 02:00:03Z

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Use navigator.msSaveBlob in IE, and .download for others.

 var blob = new Blob([csvdata], {
    type: "text/csv;charset=utf-8;"
  });
  var fileName = 'data.csv';

  if (window.navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob) {
    navigator.msSaveBlob(blob, fileName);
  } else {
    var downloadLink = document.createElement("a");

    downloadLink.href = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
    downloadLink.download = fileName;

    document.body.appendChild(downloadLink);
    downloadLink.click();
    document.body.removeChild(downloadLink);
  }

answered Oct 17, 2015 at 2:00

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