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Reactjs – Download file using axios and React

I created a GET API that downloads a file when called. However, when I use axios to make the call, the file does not download. I found that axios is returning response:data blob format. How can I download the file?

API call using axios:

export const downloadFile = (fileId) => apiClient.get(`/download/${fileId}`)

React code:

function callDownloadFileApi(){
    downloadFile('f5aa890c-8085-4209-8c0c-ee8522d7fb8c')
    .then(response => console.log(response))
    .catch(error => console.log(error))
    }
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  1. 0

    A common solution is using this library – https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native-fs

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  2. 0

    ❌ There is a point with this question ❌,
    When you want to download sth, it means that you want to get a file from the server and save it inside your local system (For example on your mobile phone), In this case calling an API to start downloading doesn’t make sense 🧐.

    You need to first get the file path from the server, and then download it with the help of the react-native-fs as @Fiston Emmanuel said.

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