how to create and write a temporary file in pure javascript?

Question

I have a xml content and I want to write it in a temporary xml file and later prompt user to save it.I have this...

var xml_content = document.getElementById('content_xml').value;
var downloadable=encodeURIComponent(xml_content);
document.location= 'data:Application/octet-stream,' +downloadable;

please help me with a pure javascript code, I mean without jquery.

i know my code works but.... the file does not have any extension...and it I keep it data:Application/xml it formatted as xml but does not prompt to save it. — Poles, Jan 06 '14 at 07:19
See this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2897619/using-html5-javascript-to-generate-and-save-a-file — imcg, Jan 06 '14 at 07:19

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 06 '14 at 07:18

You could use localstorage to achieve something similar

localStorage.setItem("tempxml", xml_content);

Then, for retrieving it (even when the user closed and reopened the browser):

var xml_content = localStorage.getItem("tempxml");

localStorage is available in recent browsers, contents are saved on user's browser data (client side of course).

Hope this helps. Cheers

how to create and write a temporary file in pure javascript?

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