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Download file using javascript

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Uses javascript to create a hidden iframe which downloads the file

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  1. var downloadURL = function downloadURL(url) {
  2.     var hiddenIFrameID = 'hiddenDownloader',
  3.         iframe = document.getElementById(hiddenIFrameID);
  4.     if (iframe === null) {
  5.         iframe = document.createElement('iframe');
  6.         iframe.id = hiddenIFrameID;
  7.         iframe.style.display = 'none';
  8.         document.body.appendChild(iframe);
  9.     }
  10.     iframe.src = url;
  11. };

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