Using Javascript to add custom http header and trigger file download

Question

I would like to start a simple file download through the browser, however an access token must be passed with a custom HTTP header:

GET https://my.site.com/s         


        

Answer 1

https://stackoverflow.com/a/12372670/1961561 could be a solution for your problem.

$.ajax({
  url: "/test",
  headers: {"X-Test-Header": "test-value"}
});