So, I've been looking and trying to find a way to download a file automatically right when somebody goes onto my site. I've tried using an a tag to download, and it works, you just have to click to download it. Like so...
<a href="pic.jpg" download>Download</a>But I don't want that. I want it to automatically download with no click. I need some help please!
If it's an actual file (something that won't simply display in your browser like a JPG file) then you could use a javascript or meta redirect.
<script> document.location.href = 'yourfile.exe'; </script>
or
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=yourfile.exe">
But I am wondering if you might be talking about the user being asked if they want to open or save a file (whether it's a JPG or whatever?)
Another way to do it :
var a = document.createElement('a'); a.setAttribute('href', dataUri); a.setAttribute('download', filename); var aj = $(a); aj.appendTo('body'); aj[0].click(); aj.remove(); 
Another option which is pure javascript is:
const downloadFile = (file) => { const element = document.createElement('a'); element.setAttribute('href', 'Download Btn'); element.setAttribute('download', file); element.style.display = 'none'; document.body.appendChild(element); element.click(); document.body.removeChild(element); } And then you can call the function on load:
downloadFile(/*pass your file here*/); 
