How to create a url that opens a tab downloads a file and closes the tab

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July 27, 2022, at 6:00 PM

I want to create an URL that when clicked upon opens a tab, downloads a file, and closes that tab. Do you guys know how to do it? Following is an example: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/850262728428748830/937385812671209502/vineboom.ogg

I am quite new to this and overwhelmed to know where to start. Can somebody assist me with this? I tried messing with Anchor tag but that is not the answer. According to my research figured it has something to do with NodeJS and ExpressJS. Still no idea of what to do.

Answer 1

Create require variables as shown and then created a function with whatever name you like, here I am using "onLoad" as the name. This function just checks for the file name in the URL's file parameter specified then tries to find it in the server.

var url_string = window.location; //window.location.href
var url = new URL(url_string);
var file = url.searchParams.get("file");
var dFile = file;
function onLoad() {
    var hiddenElement = document.createElement('a');
hiddenElement.href = `${dFile}`;
hiddenElement.target = '_blank';
hiddenElement.download = `${dFile}`;
hiddenElement.click();
close()
}

Make sure to add onLoad function into the body with event listener of "onload"

<!DOCTYPE html>
<body onload="onLoad()">
</body>

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