my goal let user download pdf server. common approach have link download attribute
<a href="http://mysource.pdf" download>click here</a> the problem cannot monitor download or have callback when finished. browser hangs until request processed , pops download when done. getting pdf data server ajax , want download data via browser.
have along lines of
$.get("http://mysource.pdf", (data) -> #need somehow trigger download data ) i've been searching while no avail. appreciated. thanks!
--edit clarify why not duplicate, asking triggering download on data, not local file.
$('a').click(function(event) { event.preventdefault(); $.get("http://mysource.pdf", (data) -> window.location.href = $(this).attr('href'); ) });
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