How To Download A File From A Url With Javascript?

How to download a file from a url with Javascript? I'm trying to get from a textfield a user enters a url as follows: new Ext.form.TextField({ disabled: false,

Solution 1:

You can use jQuery to load anything from an URL quite easily with:

<script>
   $("#loadhere").load("http://www.google.com");
</script>

Solution 2:

is this done in a browser? If so, you could use Ajax to download plain text or XML. Save yourself a lot of trouble and learn jQuery first, and it'll be quite easy.