Unable to download a file which is containing special character in filename in javascript

Asked Mar 16 '20 at 06:44

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I am using file download tag, in that I am not able to download any file which is containing "+" operator, it says:

"failed.No file".

Example: My Filename : My+Docx+Test.docx.

I surfed over internet, they advised me to encode and decode the URL but when I decode the URL I am getting the same error message.

Here is my code, kindly check it and give me our suggestion:

<a data-controlid="dwnld" id="dwnld_1fileDownload" class="downloadFile" style=" " href="http://localhost:50613/Templates/Test/My+Docx+Test.docx" download="/Templates/Test/My+Docx+Test.docx" target="_blank" tabindex="3">DownloadDOCX</a>

edited Apr 16 '20 at 18:05

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asked Mar 16 '20 at 06:44

Swamp Fire

use %20 or change the file name to use underscores – mplungjan Mar 16 '20 at 06:49
I tried %20 also but while downloading , file path is not identified and i can't change the file name – Swamp Fire Mar 16 '20 at 06:51
Possibly your browser does not have access to your template folder – mplungjan Mar 16 '20 at 06:54
Can you load this from the location bar? `http://localhost:50613/Templates/Test/My+Docx+Test.docx` – mplungjan Mar 16 '20 at 06:55
Yes, I can load . and also If rename the filename to My_Docx_Test.docx, I can download but i cant change the filename – Swamp Fire Mar 16 '20 at 06:57
Try leaving the download attribute blank - it will take the filename from the href. the href MUST use %20 or underscores if you need, you can change them on click – mplungjan Mar 16 '20 at 07:00
Yeah okay I'll check and is there any other way to solve this issue? – Swamp Fire Mar 16 '20 at 07:09
There should not be an issue so no other way – mplungjan Mar 16 '20 at 07:10
I tried by leaving download attribute blank but still facing the same issue – Swamp Fire Mar 16 '20 at 07:29
So the href is still `http://localhost:50613/Templates/Test/My+Docx+Test.docx` ? Then change it: `onclick="this.href=this.href.replace(/\+/g,'%20')"` – mplungjan Mar 16 '20 at 07:31

Unable to download a file which is containing special character in filename in javascript

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