var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open('GET', 'blob:http%3A//your.blob.url.here', true);
xhr.responseType = 'blob';
xhr.onload = function(e) {
  if (this.status == 200) {
    var myBlob = this.response;
    // myBlob is now the blob that the object URL pointed to.
  }
};
xhr.send();

xhr.responseType = 'arraybuffer';

canvas.toBlob(function(my_file){
  //.toBlob is only implemented in > FF18 but there is a polyfill
  //for other browsers https://github.com/blueimp/JavaScript-Canvas-to-Blob
  var myBlob = (my_file);
})

/**
*
* jquery.binarytransport.js
*
* @description. jQuery ajax transport for making binary data type requests.
* @version 1.0
* @author Henry Algus <henryalgus@gmail.com>
*
*/

// use this transport for "binary" data type
$.ajaxTransport("+binary", function (options, originalOptions, jqXHR) {
    // check for conditions and support for blob / arraybuffer response type
    if (window.FormData && ((options.dataType && (options.dataType == 'binary')) || (options.data && ((window.ArrayBuffer && options.data instanceof ArrayBuffer) || (window.Blob && options.data instanceof Blob))))) {
        return {
            // create new XMLHttpRequest
            send: function (headers, callback) {
                // setup all variables
                var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(),
        url = options.url,
        type = options.type,
        async = options.async || true,
        // blob or arraybuffer. Default is blob
        dataType = options.responseType || "blob",
        data = options.data || null,
        username = options.username || null,
        password = options.password || null;

                xhr.addEventListener('load', function () {
                    var data = {};
                    data[options.dataType] = xhr.response;
                    // make callback and send data
                    callback(xhr.status, xhr.statusText, data, xhr.getAllResponseHeaders());
                });

                xhr.open(type, url, async, username, password);

                // setup custom headers
                for (var i in headers) {
                    xhr.setRequestHeader(i, headers[i]);
                }

                xhr.responseType = dataType;
                xhr.send(data);
            },
            abort: function () {
                jqXHR.abort();
            }
        };
    }
});

function downloadArt(url)
{
    $.ajax(url, {
        dataType: "binary",
        processData: false
    }).done(function (data) {
        // just my logic to name/create files
        var filename = url.substr(url.lastIndexOf('/') + 1) + '.png';
        var blob = new Blob([data], { type: 'image/png' });

        saveAs(blob, filename);
    });
}

axios({
        method: 'get',
        url: file[0].preview, // blob url eg. blob:http://127.0.0.1:8000/e89c5d87-a634-4540-974c-30dc476825cc
        responseType: 'blob'
    }).then(function(response){
         var reader = new FileReader();
         reader.readAsDataURL(response.data);
         reader.onloadend = function() {
             var base64data = reader.result;
             self.props.onMainImageDrop(base64data)
         }

    })