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user7055375
user7055375

Reputation:

How can I create a download link that won't change my browser's URL?

I’m using Rails 5. I have this link that a user will click on to download a file …

<%= link_to "#{scenario_file.title}", scenario_file_path(scenario_file) %>

It links off to this controller method …

  def show
    @scenario_file = ScenarioFile.find(params[:id])
    send_data @scenario_file.file_data, filename: "#{@scenario_file.title}", type: @scenario_file.mime_type, :disposition => 'attachment' 
  end

My problem is, when someone clicks on the link, the browser URL changes to the link (obviously). However, is there any way I can rewrite the above link so that the file will download but my browser’s URL won’t change?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 923

Answers (1)

Alex Kojin
Alex Kojin

Reputation: 5214

Try to add target="_blank" to link:

<%= link_to "#{scenario_file.title}", scenario_file_path(scenario_file), target: '_blank' %>

Too you can use html5 download attribute. The download attribute is triggering a force download.

<%= link_to scenario_file.title, scenario_file_path(scenario_file), download: scenario_file.title %>

Upvotes: 2

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