Data URI for CSV file in firefox not putting .csv extension
data-uri, javascript
Solution
For Chrome you can designate the file name/extension by adding a download attribute to your anchor tag.
<a href="URI" download="MyFile.csv">Download</a>
This attribute only works in chrome v 14+ and no other browser.
I am also looking for a solution to this problem, but I hope this helps.
EDIT:
the download attribute should fix the issue you are having on windows machines and chrome.
Problem
I have a "Download file" href defined in my javascript file as: ``` $("#downloadTag").html("<a href=data:text/csv;charset=utf-8," + encodeURIComponent(data) + ">Download</a>"); ``` In chrome it works as expected i.e. when I click on this download link it gives file name as "download.csv". However, in firefox, it puts some gibberish name like "puzdb.part". Could someone please point me what I am doing wrong? Thanks Edit: Here is the jsfiddle demo: http://jsfiddle.net/kLJz9/ Edit #2: I noticed that on windows it does not put .csv extension for chrome as well and behavior for firefox is still same (i.e. .part extension)