download csv file from web api in angular js

Question

my API controller is returning a csv file as seen below:

    [HttpPost]
    public HttpResponseMessage GenerateCSV(FieldParameters fieldParams)
    {
                


        

Answer 1

I used the below solution and it worked for me.

 if (window.navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob) {
   var blob = new Blob([decodeURIComponent(encodeURI(result.data))], {
     type: "text/csv;charset=utf-8;"
   });
   navigator.msSaveBlob(blob, 'filename.csv');
 } else {
   var a = document.createElement('a');
   a.href = 'data:attachment/csv;charset=utf-8,' + encodeURI(result.data);
   a.target = '_blank';
   a.download = 'filename.csv';
   document.body.appendChild(a);
   a.click();
 }