How do I get browser to prompt user to save a file dynamically generated by server?
Content-Disposition: attachment is the right header, but the browser only obeys it when loading the file directly.Using AJAX (even through jQuery) will not work.
There is a way to do this.Read the full explanation in this answer, but basically you just have to write that in your success function:
window.location = "data:application/octet-stream," + encodeURIComponent(theResult);Edit:FileSaver.js provides a wrapper improving browser compatibility and adding support for filenames for compatible browsers:
var blob = new Blob(["Hello, world!"], {type: "text/plain;charset=utf-8"});saveAs(blob, "hello world.txt");