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Mythul
Mythul

Reputation: 1807

How to save XML response locally with jQuery?

I'm making an AJAX request. The returned response is a XML.

How can I let the user save the response as a XML file locally on success ?

$.ajax({
    type: "POST",
    url: url,
    data: JSON.stringify(myJson),
    contentType: "application/json",
    dataType: format,
    success: function(response)
    {
        console.log("Exported JSON: " + JSON.stringify(myJson));
        console.log(response);
        jQuery.parseXML(response);
    },
    error: function()
    {
        console.log(arguments);
        alert("Export process failed.");
    }
});

The format in this case is xml.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 3719

Answers (2)

SonOfSofaman
SonOfSofaman

Reputation: 41

On success, render the response XML in a textarea or just a div and have the user copy+paste the results into a text editor. They can then save the file from the editor.

or

Instead of emitting the xml directly, provide a link to it instead.

Upvotes: 1

Louis Ricci
Louis Ricci

Reputation: 21086

Using a data URI will get you part way there.

window.open("data:text/xml;base64," + window.btoa(xmlString));

Using "application/octet-stream" instead of "text/xml" will even force a download prompt in FF and Chrome.

Unfortunately data URIs have size limits and there's probably a more clever approach using content editable and the exec 'save' or 'saveas' command.

Upvotes: 2

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