Xmlhttp download binary file

Improve this question. Community Bot 1 1 1 silver badge. Did you try use base64 encode? This is why xhr. Yep that explains what I'm seeing. I guess there is no portable way to download binary data using XHR. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer.

I would love to offer you a free beer for posting that link — Rishul Matta. This is the most easiest way of allowing users to download a file. But in some cases the web application may want to handle the download part itself, rather than leaving it to the browser.

It may have its own reasons like showing the download progress of the file in the applicaton's UI itself. Another reason may be monetization - the application can show an advertisement to the user while the file is being downloaded. Unlock 1 Answer and 8 Comments.

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