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armanm32055672
armanm32055672
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October 23, 2017
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Get the download url of an asset

  • October 23, 2017
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Hi,

I want to get the download URL of an particular to be referenced in href tag. For example, if I have an asset in this path /dam/downloads/name/name.pdf. How can I get the download link for this file?

Thank,

Ar

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    Best answer by Bhuwan08

    If your asset is residing under /content/dam/downloads/name/name.pdf then you can use download attribute.It download the file instead of opening it.

    <a href="https://forums.adobe.com/content/dam/downloads/name/name.pdf" download="xyz"> Click here </a> will download the PDF.

    Note: The download attribute is currently not supported in IE (see http://caniuse.com/#search=download%20attribute), it is only supported by firefox, chrome and the latest version of blackberry's browser.

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    VeenaVikraman
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    VeenaVikramanCommunity Advisor
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    October 23, 2017

    Hi Arman

      What do you mean by download link ? if your asset is residing under /content/dam/downloads/name/name.pdf , then if you give

    <a href="https://forums.adobe.com/content/dam/downloads/name/name.pdf"> Click here </a> will open the PDF for you .

        To download PDF , you may have to write a separate logic because usually all browsers give you an option to save the PDF to you local.

    Thanks

    Veena

    Bhuwan08
    Bhuwan08Accepted solution
    Level 2
    October 24, 2017

    If your asset is residing under /content/dam/downloads/name/name.pdf then you can use download attribute.It download the file instead of opening it.

    <a href="https://forums.adobe.com/content/dam/downloads/name/name.pdf" download="xyz"> Click here </a> will download the PDF.

    Note: The download attribute is currently not supported in IE (see http://caniuse.com/#search=download%20attribute), it is only supported by firefox, chrome and the latest version of blackberry's browser.

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