Downloadable File - Gatsby

Question

For some reason when trying to download a file, it fails. I've tried few different ways, all of them failed. Than I read something about pdf/word files are "forbidden" in Gatsby ??!

The default <a href="route-to-file" download></a> doesn't seem to work, it shows failed to download. Any help is appreciated!

Answer 1

See Importing Assets Directly Into Files and Using the Static Folder

import React from "react"
import downloadFile from '../downloads/file.pdf' 

  const IndexPage = () => (
  <>
    <a href={downloadFile} download>Download the directly imported file</a>{` `}
    <a href={`download.pdf`} download>Download the file that is already in your static folder</a>
  </>
)

export default IndexPage