Knockout Link Accept Binding

Knockout binding to make an ajax request for a link using the given accept header.

Read a Q&A which describes the problem and the reason for a binding like this.

Install with Bower

bower install knockout-link-accept

Then add knockout.link-accept.js to your project.

How to Use

Include the script on your page (either via a normal script tag or via an AMD loader). Then bind it to a link with an appropriate media type.

<a href="/api/endpoint/that/usually/returns/json" data-bind="linkAccept: 'text/csv'"></a>

The binding will intercept the link click and perform an ajax request to the URL specified in the href with the specified Accept header. It will then present this to the browser using a data URL. The end result is that the result of the request is downloaded to the browser like a normal link click.