Html get user local directory path - javascript

On my web app i have a textbox where client have to enter a path eg. C:\test and in that folder a file will be generated. The question is instead of manualy writing C:\test is there a way he can get this directory path with window that explores his system - like when uploading file.

The common use case is, the user clicks on a link and a file will be downloaded into his machine. This is usually done with anchor tag and the HTML5 download attribute. Here is an example:
<a href="~/images/abc.jpg" download>Click here to download </a>
The download action will be depended on the user's browser settings. In google chrome there is an option
"Ask where to save each file before downloading"
if it is checked, user will get a file explorer pop-up to select the download location.

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Creating a directory picker to download a file to clients computer using js

I have written an application where on button click a .docx file is generated on the server and returned to client as base64 string. What I want to do now, is to let the user download the file in a directory of their choice.
To demonstrate what I mean, if I instead want to upload a file having a <input type='file'/> opens a dialog such like this
Where I can select the file. Is there any way to open this kind of dialog for a download button? I understand that the web-page doesn't receive the actual path on a clients pc for security reasons, but if you can chose an upload file, there is no reason to not chose a download path right?
No, for security reasons this is not possible.
See:
https://github.com/eligrey/FileSaver.js/issues/42

How to write download to user's machine from website

I want a user to be able to download a file after entering their credentials on the webpage.
Currently I'm able to allow them download the file only if their browser has access to the hosting servers file systems. I saw this How to trigger a file download when clicking an HTML button or JavaScript.
This is what I'm doing currently:
Download
Excuse my naivety. My question is this: how do I change the path to file in:
Download
such that the user can directly download to their local machine when they don't have access to the hosting servers.

Create text file download/update into a particular location in local client machine using JavaScript/Jquery

I want to create a text file using JavaScript and store in a particular location in my system, Suppose I want to store in:
C:\Users\RAJ\Desktop
I have found an interesting API Link
It creates and simply download the file but I can not specify the location.
please guide me how I can download into a particular location?
Note: If a file already exists in same name then it should replace with the new file.
This activity is prevented due to security. Consider if the browser was allowed to be scripted to download and replace any file on your computer. For this reason, the browser will either prompt or use the Users defined preference to download content to a specific folder. You cannot script where a download will go on the users computer.

How to rename a file while downloading from a website using javascript?

I have a web page which contains link to another website in different domain say "example.com\abc.msi". when I click on the link, the file starts downloading but I need to rename this file while downloading from that website. How can I accomplish this? I tried using download attribute of anchor tag, but for some reason its not working. This needs to be done in client side. Please help!
You cannot change the name of the file to be downloaded for it would be a security issue. You can imagine clicking a file image.png, and getting image.png.exe instead. This is not something browser developers would alow.
your abc.msi is a ftp file so whenever anyone call to the file or click on the link it will either be automatically downloaded or open a dialog for saving file on location
for example
hence it's up to the user where and how he wants to save the file.

How to allow user to set destination folder for downloaded files

In my web application there is a download button, when user clicks on it a file gets downloaded to the "Downloads" folder. I want to add an option where user can select the folder in which the file should be downloaded.
How can I do this? Is there any plugin available for this?
You will not be able to choose the user's download location with javascript or jquery. This can only be set from the user's end, It contains on the browser. otherwise it would violate user's security. What you can suggest is the file's name. Read more

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