how to save textarea to file in angular

Question

Not sure how to add saveAs to angular controller below

var app = angular.module("myNoteApp", [])
 .controller("myNoteCtrl", function($scope) {
  $scope.message = "";
  $scope.clear = function() {$scope.message = "";};
  $scope.save  = function() {
   var blob = new Blob($scope.message, {type: "text/plain;charset=utf-8"});
   saveAs(blob, "hello world.txt")};
});

assuming text is in some textarea

Answer 1

Simple solution, based on: Download file from an ASP.NET Web API method using AngularJS

HTML

<a ng-click="downloadFile('fileName.txt', message)" >Download </a>

Controller

$scope.downloadFile = function(filename, data) {

            var success = false;
            var contentType = 'text/plain;charset=utf-8';

            try
            {
                // Try using msSaveBlob if supported
                var blob = new Blob([data], { type: contentType });
                if(navigator.msSaveBlob) {
                    navigator.msSaveBlob(blob, filename);
                }
                else {
                    // Try using other saveBlob implementations, if available
                    var saveBlob = navigator.webkitSaveBlob || navigator.mozSaveBlob || navigator.saveBlob;
                    if(saveBlob === undefined) throw "Not supported";
                    saveBlob(blob, filename);
                }
                success = true;
            } catch(ex)
            {
                console.log("saveBlob method failed with the following exception:");
                console.log(ex);
            }

            if(!success)
            {
                // Get the blob url creator
                var urlCreator = window.URL || window.webkitURL || window.mozURL || window.msURL;
                if(urlCreator)
                {
                    // Try to use a download link
                    var link = document.createElement('a');
                    if('download' in link)
                    {
                        // Try to simulate a click
                        try
                        {
                            // Prepare a blob URL
                            var blob = new Blob([data], { type: contentType });
                            var url = urlCreator.createObjectURL(blob);
                            link.setAttribute('href', url);

                            // Set the download attribute (Supported in Chrome 14+ / Firefox 20+)
                            link.setAttribute("download", filename);

                            // Simulate clicking the download link
                            var event = document.createEvent('MouseEvents');
                            event.initMouseEvent('click', true, true, window, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, false, false, false, false, 0, null);
                            link.dispatchEvent(event);
                            console.log("Download link method with simulated click succeeded");
                            success = true;

                        } catch(ex) {
                            console.log("Download link method with simulated click failed with the following exception:");
                            console.log(ex);
                        }
                    }

                    if(!success)
                    {
                        // Fallback to window.location method
                        try
                        {
                            // Prepare a blob URL
                            // Use application/octet-stream when using window.location to force download
                            console.log("Trying download link method with window.location ...");
                            var blob = new Blob([data], { type: octetStreamMime });
                            var url = urlCreator.createObjectURL(blob);
                            window.location = url;
                            console.log("Download link method with window.location succeeded");
                            success = true;
                        } catch(ex) {
                            console.log("Download link method with window.location failed with the following exception:");
                            console.log(ex);
                        }
                    }

                }
            }

            if(!success)
            {
                // Fallback to window.open method
                console.log("No methods worked for saving the arraybuffer, using last resort window.open.  Not Implemented");
                //window.open(httpPath, '_blank', '');
            }
        };