I am using window.location.href="link.mp4" in a userscript in chrome tampermonkey but rather than starting the download chrome is opening the file and starts playing it. I have a file link in a variable and i also use idm if there's any way to trigger the through idm.
I am using window.location.href="link.mp4" in a userscript in chrome tampermonkey but rather than starting the download chrome is opening the file and starts playing it. I have a file link in a variable and i also use idm if there's any way to trigger the through idm.
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Reset to default 6Did you try download attribute ?
Example Download file when clicking on the link (instead of navigating to the file):
<a href="/images/myw3schoolsimage.jpg" download>
http://www.w3schools./tags/att_a_download.asp
Try the HTML5 download attribute
<a href="myfile" download>click to download</a>
This opens a "save as" dialog regardless of file type.
The download attribute specifies that the target will be downloaded when a user clicks on the hyperlink.
<a href="filename.mp4" download>Download File</a>
Try working JSfiddle https://jsfiddle/balaji_mitkari/xpu9yrug/