intermine / intermine/im-tables

Download / Export link should not use an anchor tag.

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bug
Dominant language
CoffeeScript
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Forks
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Description

Exporting very large result sets can break because the download is done via an anchor tag and the URL can exceed maximum size.

Suggested fix: use blobs.

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Research direction

Start by locating the Download/Export implementation in the CoffeeScript code and reproduce the failure with a very large result set. Replace the anchor-based download with a blob-based approach, then verify that exporting large results no longer depends on an overlong URL.

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Assessment

Tech stack
coffeescript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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