Is there any way to generate a csv file and download it in the client side using meteor? I would the user to be able to click a button and then a file would be downloaded without leaving the current page.
In my app where I need similar thing (just with json file), I have one button which sends request to the server to gather the needed data. When the data is received from server I display another button like this:
<a
href={`data:text/json;charset=utf-8,${encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(data))}`}
download="data.json"
type="application/json"
>
Download your data!
</a>
The link utilizes the download attribute while encoding the data in the href attribute. As a result once the user clicks the link they will be prompted to download a file with the data that was set it.
Iām sure this can be easily adapted for any other types of files.
Hope this helps.