Download Excel file via AJAX MVC

Question

I have a large(ish) form in MVC.

I need to be able to generate an excel file containing data from a subset of that form.

The tricky bit is that this shouldn

Answer 1

$.ajax({
                type: "GET",
                url: "/Home/Downloadexcel/",
                contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
                data: null,
                success: function (Rdata) {
                    debugger;
                    var bytes = new Uint8Array(Rdata.FileContents); 
                    var blob = new Blob([bytes], { type: "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet" });
                    var link = document.createElement('a');
                    link.href = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
                    link.download = "myFileName.xlsx";
                    link.click();
                },
                error: function (err) {

                }

            });