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How do I download contents in Anchor tag via WebClient?

I am trying to use System.Net.WebClient to download a file from a website. I am able to download specific files in general just fine using this method: The general idea is to use the following:
WebClient Client = new WebClient();
Client.DownloadFile("https://www.Example.File.xlsx", #"D:\MyDirectory\MyFile.xlsx");
But my problem is that I am not downloading a visible file per se from the website. Instead the file I need to download is embedded inside of an anchor tag with javascript as below:
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So the piece I am missing is how to convert this anchor tag into a proper file to feed into my WebClient DownloadFile process. Does anyone happen to know the missing step here?
I am building this in a C# console app, so the solution will need to be compatible with this.
Thanks in advance.

How do I write a function to autodownload pdf files from a link without navigating to another webpage either in java script or html

I am trying to implement the auto download feature in my web application where when clicked on a button a pdf file should download. I have the link but I am not able to download the file . I have used http get also and ionic file transfer plugin but neither of them are working. Can anyone help me write a code that does this task?

You can use the new download attribute for elements (new in HTML5). The following is from "https://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_a_download.asp"
"Specify a value for the download attribute, which will be the new filename of the downloaded file ("myFile.pdf" instead of "sampleFile.pdf"):"
Download PDF
Download PDF

Saving pdf on server side with jsPDF

I have an application that generates a HTML page with data which the user can edit.
At the end I generate a .pdf file with jsPDF.
Is there any way that I can save this generated .pdf on my server-side database?
I'm using PrimeFaces.
Thanks in advance

Updating my solution for other users:
I found the .output('datauristring') method of the jsPDF which returns me a BASE64 String.
Then the String is sent via JSON to my backed bean and converted as my will.

Thanks all for the help! I've found my solution:
Once the user presses on the button to generate the .pdf, I'll save all the data he filled on the database, just the data.
When the user wants to see the pdf he generated back, I'll generate a new one with the data collected on his first submit.
Thank you all for the answers, they were helpful.

I suggest to use wkhtmltopdf.
It is a open source cross platform command line tool to generate pdf files from html content.
So to your requirement what you can do is, you need to send the html content to the server and save this content into a html file.
Once you saved html content into html you can call wkhtmltopdf like you execute MS-DOS commands in java.
Example: new ProcessBuilder("wkhtmltopdf.exe", htmlFilePath, pdfFilePath);
Once pdf file is generated you can read and store into database.

Initiate file download in browser from JavaScript

I want to initiate a file download from react, such that the browser downloads it as any regular file.
When I use fetch, I can download the file and do what I want, but is not downloaded with the browsers download manager. The files are rather large, that is why I want the browser to manage the download.

I asked you if you have the full URL to the file.
If you want to start the download from a link, use the solution Kielstra provided. If you want to start the download using javascript, use the following code:
window.location = url_to_file;

If you have the URL to the file that you want to be downloaded, you can simply create a link to it with the download attribute.
<a href="link_to_file" download>Download</a>

How to download a file from dropbox using Javascript

I have a pdf file stored in dropbox. I have an URL to access that pdf file. The format of the URL is something like this https://www.dropbox.com/s/myPDF.pdf.
Now I need to use this URL in my angular application to download that PDF file and show it's content.
I need to display the pdf in the same webpage as my application. I used tag for achieving this. But I got the error saying Refused to display the pdf in a frame because it set 'X-Frame-Options' to 'SAVEORIGIN'.
I am new to dropbox. I need to know how to download this pdf and show it's content in my angular application by using the URL given above.

I understand your problem buddy. You dont need javascript for this, it can be done with simple and "anchor" tags.
Write the code as follows:
<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/myPDF.pdf">
<button>Download pdf</button>
</a>
Now, when the user clicks the button, the file will be downloaded.