Force download of a .txt file with button

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$('#download').click(function() {
    var url = 'http://www.mysite.com/123.txt';
    location.href = url;
});

The button causes the browser to browse to the file instead of prompting a download. Is there a way to do this?

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 11 '12 at 08:27

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If you use Apache as a web server add .htaccess to the folder with the following content:

<Files *.txt>
  ForceType applicaton/octet-stream
</Files>

answered Sep 11 '12 at 08:27

VisioN

+1 nice solution (if the OP uses apache) – Manse Sep 11 '12 at 08:28
This seems to only work if the text file is in the same folder as my web page. If i put the text file inside a subfolder such as /test, the original problem persists. I have put an .htaccess with your code in both the sub folder and parent folder and the problem is still there. – Norse Sep 11 '12 at 08:34

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