How to open a pdf file in a new tab OR download using javascript?

Question

JavaScript

Hello.
How can I programmatically download a pdf file, specifically request the download, and not open it in the same tab? Or open in a new tab, but I already realized that the browser is blocking new windows...

Answer 1

Something like this:
Here the truth is xml and not pdf, but the principle is the same. See the last 7 lines.