How to save svg canvas to local filesystem

Question

Is there a way to allow a user, after he has created a vector graph on a javascript svg canvas using a browser, to download this file to their local filesystem?

SVG

Answer 1

	// save SVG
	$('#SVGsave').click(function(){
		var a      = document.createElement('a');
		a.href     = 'data:image/svg+xml;utf8,' + unescape($('#SVG')[0].outerHTML);
		a.download = 'plot.svg';
		a.target   = '_blank';
		document.body.appendChild(a); a.click(); document.body.removeChild(a);
	});