my API controller is returning a csv file as seen below:
[HttpPost]
public HttpResponseMessage GenerateCSV(FieldParameters fieldParams)
{
var output = new byte[] { };
if (fieldParams!= null)
{
using (var stream = new MemoryStream())
{
this.SerializeSetting(fieldParams, stream);
stream.Flush();
output = stream.ToArray();
}
}
var result = new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK) { Content = new ByteArrayContent(output) };
result.Content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("application/octet-stream");
result.Content.Headers.ContentDisposition = new ContentDispositionHeaderValue("attachment")
{
FileName = "File.csv"
};
return result;
}
and my angularjs that will send and receive the csv file is shown below:
$scope.save = function () {
var csvInput= extractDetails();
// File is an angular resource. We call its save method here which
// accesses the api above which should return the content of csv
File.save(csvInput, function (content) {
var dataUrl = 'data:text/csv;utf-8,' + encodeURI(content);
var hiddenElement = document.createElement('a');
hiddenElement.setAttribute('href', dataUrl);
hiddenElement.click();
});
};
In chrome, it downloads a file which is called document
but has no file type extension.
The content of the file is [Object object]
.
In IE10, nothing is downloaded.
What could i do to fix this?
UPDATE: This might work for you guys out there with the same problem: link
Try it like :
File.save(csvInput, function (content) {
var hiddenElement = document.createElement('a');
hiddenElement.href = 'data:attachment/csv,' + encodeURI(content);
hiddenElement.target = '_blank';
hiddenElement.download = 'myFile.csv';
hiddenElement.click();
});
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