my API controller is returning a csv file as seen below:
[HttpPost]
public HttpResponseMessage GenerateCSV(FieldParameters fieldParams)
{
I had to implement this recently. Thought of sharing what I had figured out;
To make it work in Safari, I had to set target: '_self',. Don't worry about filename in Safari. Looks like it's not supported as mentioned here; https://github.com/konklone/json/issues/56 (http://caniuse.com/#search=download)
The below code works fine for me in Mozilla, Chrome & Safari;
var anchor = angular.element('');
anchor.css({display: 'none'});
angular.element(document.body).append(anchor);
anchor.attr({
href: 'data:attachment/csv;charset=utf-8,' + encodeURIComponent(data),
target: '_self',
download: 'data.csv'
})[0].click();
anchor.remove();