https://github.com/ezrarieben/download-r

jQuery Plugin that enables file downloads directly from href in anchor tag instead of opening the file
https://github.com/ezrarieben/download-r

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jQuery Plugin that enables file downloads directly from href in anchor tag instead of opening the file

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/ezrarieben/download-r
• Owner: ezrarieben
• License: mit
• Created: 2019-03-12T11:00:34.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-03-13T15:11:23.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-06-24T03:13:25.631Z (5 months ago)
• Topics: direct-download-link, download-file, download-link, download-links, downloader, file-download, file-downloader, filedownload, jquery, jquery-plugin, link, links
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 11.7 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 0
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# download-r

A jQuery Plugin that enables downloading a file directly from a link instead of opening it





[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-blue.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

## Setting up download-r

1. Import the [jQuery library](https://www.google.com "jQuery's CDN Page")

2. Load the download-r script in your HTML after the body

```html

```

3. Use the following call to activate the plugin

```javascript

$(document).ready(function(){

  $(document).downloadr();

});

```

4. Add an [``](https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_a.asp "W3Schools A tag explenation") tag to your HTML

```html



```

| Attribute       | Description                                       |

| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |

| `class`         | Used to identify the links that are downloadable  |

| `href`          | Link to file that is to be downloaded             |

## Changing defaults

1. Use JSON to change the options

    1. Example of changing the link selector class:

        ```javascript

        $(document).downloadr({

          elements: {

            selectors: {

              link: '.download-link',

            }

          }

        });

        ```

### Available options


| Option                     | Description                                                          | Default value |

| -------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------- |

| `elements.selectors.link`  | The selector used to identify the download links                     | `.download-r` |

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