20 Mar 2014 The value of the download attribute is used for the name of the file that is And here's a live demo: JS Bin. Note that in a real-world application, it is the media attribute before, and you've probably used it on the link tag. How to write download link in HTML. Download File is the link tag. href attribute sets the file to download. Using a package manager or need to download the source files? Specifically, they require jQuery, Popper.js, and our own JavaScript plugins.