how to download hebrew csv file in javascript?

Question

I am trying hebrew csv file using javascript on Chrome extension.

But I got failed string.

Here is my code snippet.

var csv = "Phone\nאני אוהב אותך\n";
var file = new Blob([csv], {type: 'text/csv;utf-8'});
var url = URL.createObjectURL(file);
chrome.downloads.download({
    url: url,
    filename: name
}, function() {
    URL.revokeObjectURL(msg.url);
});

Are you setting the charset to utf-8? cant' tell by this code. — jdmdevdotnet
– jdmdevdotnet, Commented Jun 22, 2017 at 13:17
"var file = new Blob([csv], {type: 'text/csv;utf-8'});" so yes, to me it seems that it is set. — Daniel van Dommele
– Daniel van Dommele, Commented Jun 22, 2017 at 13:27
Just to test and not as a real solution, but if you use the following url: utf8-chartable.de/unicode-utf8-table.pl?start=1280 and use the codes in the first column of the table (like א for Aleph etc), is the output correct in that case or not? — Daniel van Dommele
– Daniel van Dommele, Commented Jun 22, 2017 at 13:28
Actually, @DanielvanDommele it's not the obvious. According to this: stackoverflow.com/questions/19492846/… it should be set as following: "data:text/csv;charset=utf-8 — jdmdevdotnet
– jdmdevdotnet, Commented Jun 22, 2017 at 14:10

Dror Bar · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-27 10:00:07Z

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Try this:

var csv = String.fromCharCode(0xFEFF) + "Phone\nאני אוהב אותך\n";  // <--- here
var file = new Blob([csv], {type: 'text/csv;utf-8'});
var url = URL.createObjectURL(file);
chrome.downloads.download({
    url: url,
    filename: name
}, function() {
    URL.revokeObjectURL(msg.url);
});

answered Jan 27, 2020 at 10:00

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Daniel van Dommele · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-22 13:45:42Z

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It worked for me (in a HTML test page at least) to use utf-16 charset instead. It worked both for the entity codes and the actual hebrew characters to be printed as hebrew characters.

So, change

{type: 'text/csv;utf-8'});

to

{type: 'text/csv;utf-16'});

answered Jun 22, 2017 at 13:45

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Eric Chan Over a year ago

Sorry, still the same.

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