apphouse/dist/utils/file/downloadJson.ts

Component library for React that uses observable state management and theme-able components.

import FileSaver from 'file-saver';

/**
 * A function that saves a string into a downloadable file
 * The download will be a json file and will start automatically
 * @param content string to be saved
 * @param filename optional the name of the file to be saved
 */
export const downloadJson = (content: string, filename?: string) => {
  const blob = new Blob([content], {
    type: 'text/plain;charset=utf-8'
  });
  const date = new Date().toString();
  FileSaver.saveAs(blob, filename || `${date}.json`);
};