files/en-us/web/api/navigateevent/downloadrequest/index.md
{{APIRef("Navigation API")}}
The downloadRequest read-only property of the
{{domxref("NavigateEvent")}} interface returns the filename of the file requested for download, in the case of a download navigation (e.g., an {{htmlelement("a")}} or {{htmlelement("area")}} element with a download attribute), or null otherwise.
A string containing the filename of the file requested for download, or null.
navigation.addEventListener("navigate", (event) => {
// Some navigations, e.g. cross-origin navigations, we
// cannot intercept. Let the browser handle those normally.
if (!event.canIntercept) {
return;
}
// Don't intercept fragment navigations or downloads.
if (event.hashChange || event.downloadRequest !== null) {
return;
}
event.intercept({
handler() {
if (event.formData) {
processFormDataAndUpdateUI(event.formData, event.signal);
} else {
doSinglePageAppNav(event.destination, event.signal);
}
},
});
});
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{{Compat}}