--- # JS File Downloader

## **🌟Please remember to star this github repo if you like it. Thank you! ❤️** ## Introduction JS File Downloader is a simple no dependency library you will be able to download file from browser and show downloading status. - [Install](#installing-with-package-manager) - [Basic usage](#basic-usage) - [Options](#options) - [process, check download status](#process-for-checking-download-status) - [onloadstart](#onloadstart-loadstart-event-listener) - [headers](#headers-of-request) - [filename](#filename) - [timeout](#timeout) - [autoStart](#autostart) - [forceDesktopMode](#forcedesktopmode) - [withCredentials](#withcredentials) - [method, GET/POST/...](#method) - [nameCallback, custom at runtime](#namecallback) - [contentType](#contenttype) - [nativeFallbackOnError](#nativefallbackonerror) - [body, of the request](#body) - [contentTypeDetermination](#contenttypedetermination) - [customFileSignatures](#customfilesignatures) - [abort, to stop pending downloading request](#abort) ### Browser Compatibility JS File Downloader supports all browsers that are [ES5-compliant] (http://kangax.github.io/compat-table/es5/) (IE8 and below are not supported). --- ### Installing with package manager With a package manager (**recommended**): ```js npm install js-file-downloader --save ``` ### Basic usage ```js import JsFileDownloader from 'js-file-downloader'; const fileUrl = 'http://...'; new JsFileDownloader({ url: fileUrl }) .then(function () { // Called when download ended }) .catch(function (error) { // Called when an error occurred }); ``` --- ### Use without a package manager Download this library from https://github.com/AleeeKoi/js-file-downloader/releases ```js ``` --- ### Options: #### process (for checking download status) A function to call every time a process event is called. Function receive an Event Object as input. ```js function process (event) { if (!event.lengthComputable) return; // guard var downloadingPercentage = Math.floor(event.loaded / event.total * 100); // what to do ... }; new JsFileDownloader({ url: '...', process: process }) ``` #### onloadstart ('loadstart' event listener) A function to call when a 'loadstart' event is triggered. ```js function onloadstart () { // what to do ... } new JsFileDownloader({ url: '...', onloadstart }) ``` #### headers (of request) If you need to customize request header data you can pass an array of objects like following example: ```js new JsFileDownloader({ url: '...', headers: [ { name: 'Authorization', value: 'Bearer ABC123...' } ] }) ``` #### filename Setting this String you can force output file name #### timeout (ms) Integer value (default 40000) defining how much ms attend before stop download action. #### autoStart Boolean value (default true) to enable/disable automatically starting the download. When the value is `true` the constructor returns a `Promise`, however when it's set to false, the constructor doesn't return anything and the download can be started by calling the `start()` method on the object. Example with `autoStart` set to `true` ```js new JsFileDownloader({ url: '...', autoStart: true }) ``` Example with `autoStart` set to `false` ```js const download = new JsFileDownloader({ url: '...', autoStart: false }); download.start() .then(function(){ // success }) .catch(function(error){ // handle errors }); ``` #### forceDesktopMode Boolean value (default false) to force desktop mode even on mobile devices for downloading files. ```js new JsFileDownloader({ url: '...', forceDesktopMode: true }) ``` #### withCredentials This is a Boolean that indicates whether or not cross-site Access-Control requests should be made using credentials such as cookies, authorization headers or TLS client certificates. Setting withCredentials has no effect on same-site requests. ```js new JsFileDownloader({ url: '...', withCredentials: true }) ``` #### method The HTTP request method to use, such as "GET", "POST", "PUT", etc. (default "GET") Ignored for non-HTTP(S) URLs. ```js new JsFileDownloader({ url: '...', method: 'POST' }) ``` #### nameCallback You could pass a callback to customize final name, the function receive as 1st argument the name automatically extracted. ```js new JsFileDownloader({ url: '...', nameCallback: function(name) { return 'i-am-prefix-' + name; } }) ``` #### contentType Setting this property you can customize the content type in the heade request, default is 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' If you set this property as false, the library doesn't set it. ```js new JsFileDownloader({ url: '...', contentType: 'multipart/form-data; boundary=something' // or false to unset it }) ``` --- #### nativeFallbackOnError By setting this property to true (default is false) when error occours the download will fallback to the default behavior opening a new tab. ```js new JsFileDownloader({ url: '...', nativeFallbackOnError: true }) ``` --- #### body By setting this property you can customize the body content sent with the request. Default value is `null` (nothing is sent), `Document` or `BodyInit` value can be set. ```js new JsFileDownloader({ url: '...', body: 'The body as a string' }) ``` #### contentTypeDetermination By setting this property the downloader will determine the content type automatically depending on the value. value | description --- | --- `"header"` | Gets type from `content-type` response header. `"signature"` | Analyzes the first 4 bytes of the returned file and will check if that signature exists in the predetermined dict (You can override/merge this dict with the `customFileSigantures` property). `"full"` | Uses both methods from above but prefers `"siganture"`. `false` | Type is not determined and the default is added, `application/octet-stream`. ```js new JsFileDownloader({ url: '...', contentTypeDetermination: 'header' }) ``` #### customFileSignatures By setting this value you can override/merge the predefined signature dict (`src/signatures.js`). The key represents the hex code of a file (for more information [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_file_signatures)) and the value should be in the format of a content type (e.g. `application/pdf`). Setting this value has only an affect when `contentTypeDetermination` is set to `"full"` or `"signature"`. ```js new JsFileDownloader({ url: '...', contentTypeDetermination: 'full', // must be set to "full" or "signature" customFileSignatures: { 'FFFB':'audio/mpeg', 'FFF3':'audio/mpeg', 'FFF2':'audio/mpeg', '494433': 'audio/mpeg' } }) ``` ___ ### Abort: Setting `autoStart` option to `false` the process can be aborted calling the related method `abort`. The download promise is rejected, the reason can be customized passing is as the 1st param of the abort function. ```js const download = new JsFileDownloader({ url: '...', autoStart: false }); download.start() .catch(function(reason){ // handle errors }); download.abort(/** reason */); ``` ___ ### License [MIT](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) Copyright (c) 2019-present, Alessandro Pellizzari [apedesign.net](https://apedesign.net/)

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