javascript download

$('a#someID').attr({target: '_blank', 
                    href  : 'http://localhost/directory/file.pdf'});

function downloadURI(uri, name) 
{
    var link = document.createElement("a");
    // If you don't know the name or want to use
    // the webserver default set name = ''
    link.setAttribute('download', name);
    link.href = uri;
    document.body.appendChild(link);
    link.click();
    link.remove();
}