How to get the name of a file downloaded with Angular $http?

Question

I\'ve written code that uses Angular $http to download a file. The name of the file is not specified in the URL. The URL contains a unique identifier for the file, wh

Answer 1

There are a lot of other good answers here - here's what I ended up with that worked best for me against an ASP.NET Core 3.1 server, using a lot of these as a guide.

function getFilename() {
    const header = response.headers.get("Content-Disposition");
    if (!header) {
        return null;
    }

    let matches = /filename=\"?([^;"]+)\"?;?/g.exec(header);

    return matches && matches.length > 1 ? matches[1] : null;
}