Download Files with Axios and Vue.js

Download Files with Axios and Vue.js

Example How to download Files with Axios and Vue.js:

axios({
    url: 'http://localhost:8000/api/get-file',
    method: 'GET',
    responseType: 'blob',
}).then((response) => {
     var fileURL = window.URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([response.data]));
     var fileLink = document.createElement('a');

     fileLink.href = fileURL;
     fileLink.setAttribute('download', 'file.pdf');
     document.body.appendChild(fileLink);

     fileLink.click();
});

You can also see full example with Vue.js here:

Make sure you need to create your local pdf file url or you can give any live url for download.

Let's see bellow code:

Example:

<div id="app">

  <button @click="onClick()">DownLoad</button>

</div>

<script type="text/javascript">

    var app = new Vue({
      el: '#app',
      methods: {
          onClick() {
              axios({
                    url: 'http://localhost:8000/my.pdf',
                    method: 'GET',
                    responseType: 'blob',
                }).then((response) => {
                     var fileURL = window.URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([response.data]));
                     var fileLink = document.createElement('a');

                     fileLink.href = fileURL;
                     fileLink.setAttribute('download', 'file.pdf');
                     document.body.appendChild(fileLink);

                     fileLink.click();
                });
          }
      }
    })

</script>