Download file from weblink

[DougManuel]

Is it possible to download a file from a weblink?

See the example below from the downloadthis R package that inspired your quarto shortcode. https://fmmattioni.github.io/downloadthis/index.html#web-address

## Link in Github repo
download_link(
  link = "https://github.com/fmmattioni/downloadthis/raw/master/inst/example/file_1.pdf",
  button_label = "Download pdf file",
  button_type = "danger",
  has_icon = TRUE,
  icon = "fa fa-save",
  self_contained = FALSE
)

[shafayetShafee]

Um, no. I have not implemented download_link in this extension, mostly because this extension is not even needed to create a download button with a web link. I mean you can create the button using the raw html. Consider the following reprex,

---
title: "download_link"
format: html
---

## Quarto

<a href="https://github.com/fmmattioni/downloadthis/raw/master/inst/example/file_1.pdf"><button class="btn btn-danger">Download Link</button></a>

---

Anyway, I will try to implement download_link in this extension for people who want to avoid using raw HTML as soon as possible 😃.

[DougManuel]

Or the same button could be created by adding css classes. Maybe the extension isn't needed? Maybe just a vignette?

The example below adds the pdf icon using the Quarto FontAwesome extension.

[Download Link {{< fa file-pdf>}}](https://github.com/fmmattioni/downloadthis/raw/master/inst/example/file_1.pdf){.btn .btn-danger}