I forgot- the HTML5 download attribute allows you to suggest a non-ASCII filename
On Saturday, May 12, 2012 1:15:29 AM UTC-4, P. Douglas Reeder wrote: > > > > On Thursday, May 10, 2012 2:47:00 AM UTC-4, John wrote: >> >> surprisingly I didn't see any nodejs / express code examples for >> downloading files (podcasts) - does anyone have links? will the >> download codet trigger the "save as" dialog on the client ? thks for any >> hel >> > > Your question is not entirely clear, but if you are serving file from node > and want a client web browser to save instead of displaying a file, add the > header > > Content-disposition: attachment; filename=fname.ext > > The filename MUST be ASCII to work cross browser > > Also, if you're serving an HTML page with links to content that should be > downloaded instead of displayed, add the HTML5 "download" attribute to the > link. Currently, only Chrome supports this, but presume eventually all > browsers will support this, and will display the link differently. At > present, it's useful for content from servers you don't control. > -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
