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rated 0 times [ 76] [ 3] / answers: 1 / hits: 191624 / 12 Years ago, thu, july 5, 2012, 12:00:00

How can I make a browser display a save as dialog so the user can save the content of a string to a file on his system?

For example:

var myString = my string with some stuff;

save_to_filesystem(myString,myString.txt);

Resulting in something like this:

Example

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answered 12 Years ago nikhilc · Accepted Answer

EDIT 2022: Please see other answers regarding File System API

In case anyone is still wondering...

I did it like this:

<a href="data:application/xml;charset=utf-8,your code here" download="filename.html">Save</a>

can't remember my source but it uses the following techniquesfeatures:

Found the reference:

EDIT:
As you can gather from the comments, this does NOT work in