Triggering CSV download using Javascript?

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Published on 2010-06-14T23:06:19Z Indexed on 2010/06/14 23:12 UTC
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I have an url /reportcsv that generates a plain text csv with Content-type: text/csv and Content-disposition: attachment; filename=report.csv. I want trigger this csv to be downloaded using Javascript. I'm considering two methods:

1) Setting location.href = /reportcsv

2) Setting an iframe url to /reportcsv

Both seem to work in Safari. I was wondering if there is any difference between them, or if one is recommended over the other. My main requirement is that I don't want the user to leave the current page.

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