JavaScript Saving A File Using Javascript

[Regy]

I'm trying to save the contents of a textarea in a file. The problem is that the code below creates a file but the file's name is the content of the textarea. It should be myfile.txt.

<script>
document.getElementById("mybutton").addEventListener("click", buttonclick);
function buttonclick(data, filename, type) {
var filename = "myfile".txt"
var content = document.getElementById("mytext").value;
var file = new Blob([content], {type: type});
var a = document.createElement("a")
url = URL.createObjectURL(file);
a.href = url;
a.download =(filename, content);
document.body.appendChild(a);
a.click();
setTimeout(function() {
document.body.removeChild(a);
window.URL.revokeObjectURL(url);  
}, 0); 
}
</script>

This code seems to be the problem.

a.download =(filename, content);

But in the examples online, some coders use just one variable (filename) and some use two (filename, content). So I'm stuck and could use some help. Thanks.

 

[BGB]

Your filename is wrong and you put wrong content in your "a.download".

<script>
    document.getElementById("mybutton").addEventListener("click", buttonclick);

    function buttonclick(data, filename, type) {
        var filename = "myfile.txt";
        var content = document.getElementById("mytext").value;
        var file = new Blob([content], {type: type});
        var a = document.createElement("a")
        url = URL.createObjectURL(file);
        a.href = url;
        a.download =(content, filename);
        document.body.appendChild(a);
        a.click();

        setTimeout(function() {
            document.body.removeChild(a);
            window.URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
        }, 0);
    }
</script>

 

[Regy]

"myfile".txt"... That there is proof that I should slow down when I'm coding.

The good news is that it's working perfectly now, so a big thanks goes out to you BGB, it's much appreciated.