Run the Angular application angular-file-download by executing command ng serve -open.

Let’s assume that server side application is up and running and the URL is accessible. import from './app-routing.module' Įnough coding! Let’s test our application. The below source code is written into file. I know if it were a file, the following would do it: '/filepath/file. Registering the provider in the metadata also allows Angular to optimize an application by removing the service if it is not used.Ĭreate service file by executing the command ng g s. Trying to initiate a browser download in Javascript, but the data I want to be downloaded is in a string, not a file. When the service is provided at root level, Angular creates a single, shared instance of service and injects into any class that needs it. root means that you want to provide the service at the root level ( AppModule). Once you create the service class you need to register it under file in providers array of here I won’t register in providers array of instead I will use 'root'}) to register it for the whole is a decorator that has a property providedIn. Service is just a TypeScript class with or even without decorator. Service is one of fundamental blocks of every Angular application. Remember the file extension ts ( service.ts) indicates TypeScript, which is a file type. Now I will edit or add the required files under angular-file-download/src/app directory.

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