Is it possible to download file from FTP using Javascript?

Question

Suppose, I\'ve a FTP URL (ftp://xyz.org/file.zip). If I type this in the browser manually, then hit enter, the browser will start to download the file.zip

Answer 1

new window or new tab is controlled by the user's preference, and you can't override that. But to open your URL in a new tab/window you would use

window.open('ftp://xyz.org/file.zip');

to request it without opening a new window just

window.location = 'ftp://xyz.org/file.zip';

Answer 2

At the most basic just make a link like this:

<a href="ftp://...." target="_blank">Download in new tab/window</a>

In JS just open a window with that url.