Angular: How to download a file from HttpClient?

Question

I need download an excel from my backend, its returned a file.

When I do the request I get the error:

TypeError: You provided \'undefined\' wh

Answer 1

Blobs are returned with file type from backend. The following function will accept any file type and popup download window:

downloadFile(route: string, filename: string = null): void{

    const baseUrl = 'http://myserver/index.php/api';
    const token = 'my JWT';
    const headers = new HttpHeaders().set('authorization','Bearer '+token);
    this.http.get(baseUrl + route,{headers, responseType: 'blob' as 'json'}).subscribe(
        (response: any) =>{
            let dataType = response.type;
            let binaryData = [];
            binaryData.push(response);
            let downloadLink = document.createElement('a');
            downloadLink.href = window.URL.createObjectURL(new Blob(binaryData, {type: dataType}));
            if (filename)
                downloadLink.setAttribute('download', filename);
            document.body.appendChild(downloadLink);
            downloadLink.click();
        }
    )
}