How to how to I define file name when downloding file using firefox/crome/ie browser from below link

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data:application/vnd.ms-excel;filename=exportData.xls;base64,myfilenameis   PGh0bWwgeG1sbnM6bz0ndXJuOnNjaGVtYXMtbWljcm9zb2Z0LWNvbTpvZmZpY2U6b2ZmaWNlJyB4bWxuczp4PSd1cm46c2NoZW1hcy1taWNyb3NvZnQtY29tOm9mZmljZTpleGNlbCcgeG1sbnM9J2h0dHA6Ly93d3cudzMub3JnL1RSL1JFQy1odG1sNDAnPjxoZWFkPjwhLS1baWYgZ3RlIG1zbyA5XT48eG1sPjx4OkV4Y2VsV29ya2Jvb2s

What I have tried:

When i downloading from above link file name showing me each time different like fsdffsd .xls or fdsfd.xls or download.xls(in crome only)

how to i define file name?

Posted 11-Oct-19 4:25am

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Updated 11-Oct-19 7:01am

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Richard Deeming · Answer 1 · 2019-10-11T07:02:00

As suggested in this StackOverflow thread[^], you need to use the download attribute.

<a>: The Anchor element - HTML: Hypertext Markup Language | MDN[^]
Can I use... Support tables for HTML5, CSS3, etc[^]

It doesn't work in Internet Explorer, but as we all know, even Microsoft don't consider IE to be a browser[^] these days.

If you really need to support IE, there are other options - for example:
eligrey/FileSaver.js: An HTML5 saveAs() FileSaver implementation[^]