JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Carl Angelo Nievarez

HTML

<a href="downloadFile.zip" id="download" class="button">Download the file...</a>

CSS

.button {
    background-color: #ddcccc;
    border: 1px solid black;
    color: black;
    font-family: Arial;
    font-size: small;
    text-decoration: none;
    padding: 3px;
}

JavaScript

var downloadButton = document.getElementById("download");
var counter = 10;
var newElement = document.createElement("p");
newElement.innerHTML = "You can download the file in 10 seconds.";
var id;

downloadButton.parentNode.replaceChild(newElement, downloadButton);

id = setInterval(function() {
    counter--;
    if(counter < 0) {
        newElement.parentNode.replaceChild(downloadButton, newElement);
        clearInterval(id);
    } else {
        newElement.innerHTML = "You can download the file in " + counter.toString() + " seconds.";
    }
}, 1000);