How to create direct link to download a video

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Good guys, I tried to create a direct link to download a video, but as many probably already know this doesn’t work very well. In fact the only thing that happens when I click on the link is that it opens a new tab and the video runs directly in the browser. If I zip the file the download works, but I do not want it, as I said in the question title what I am looking for is a way to force the download of the video and not the playback of the same.

About the code I used in the link to my failed attempt to create the download has no secret, it was simple html.

<a href="video.mp4">DOWNLOAD</a>
javascript html download

  • You have access to the server-side code?

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    Forgive me for my ignorance, but I don’t know what that means.

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    If you are using HTML5, you could try using the attribute download, without having to touch the server. Have a look at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/a

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    @ivanveloso, take a look here: http://answall.com/q/608/129

  • Walkin and Sergio, thanks for the information, I got.

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Use the attribute download.

<a download href="video.mp4">DOWNLOAD</a>

You can use the attribute to define the name the file should be saved to:

<a download="Férias da Família 2013.mp4" href="video.mp4">DOWNLOAD</a>

Only works with current browsers with HTML5 support.

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