Use JavaScript to write to text file?

Question

I have a need to capture the topics of a search from one of my blog pages and write it to text file for followup. I have been able to capture the input string, however, am n

Answer 1

If your're using modern browsers which support data-uri, you can create content with javascript and force a download by base64 encoding it and making it compatible with data-uri, then simply pointing window location at it.

This answer demonstrates an HTML-only way to do it.

You can also use a flash helper to take care of this. For instance, Downloadify does this.