msSaveOrOpenBlob property doesn't exist on type Navigator angular 13

Question

The property msSaveOrOpenBlob doesn't exist on type Navigator after updating to the angular 13.

I know the Navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob is being deprecated as per https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator/msSaveOrOpenBlob#browser_compatibility

I had an angular 12 application, now I am migrating to angular 13 and typescript have been updated to the latest version, but facing the issue of The property msSaveOrOpenBlob doesn't exist on type Navigator

what will be the alternate code for the below

if (window.navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob) {
            navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob(blob, filename);
        }

user_18606690 · Answer

let newVariable: any = window.navigator;
var newBlob = new Blob([res.body], { type: "application/csv" });
if (newVariable && newVariable.msSaveOrOpenBlob) {
    newVariable.msSaveOrOpenBlob(newBlob);
    return;
}

user_1162409 · Answer

Found some of the references

https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript-DOM-lib-generator/issues/1029 https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/45612

Use the declaration merging and declare the types locally in your project work.

msSaveOrOpenBlob property doesn't exist on type Navigator angular 13

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