Laravel 5 download excel file (maatwebsite/excel) under storage/export through AJAX - development

Laravel 5 download excel file (maatwebsite/excel) under storage/export through AJAX

I want to download an excel file which stored into storage/export/ path. I used Maatwebsite excel provider for this in laravel 5.5.

My controller code is written below:

ob_end_clean();
ob_start();
Excel::create($excelName, function($excel) use($adminUserDataExcelSelected) {
$excel->sheet('Sheet 1', function($sheet) use($adminUserDataExcelSelected) {
$sheet->fromArray($adminUserDataExcelSelected);
});
})->store('xlsx');
ob_flush();
return response()->json(['path' => $path]);

My AJAX code is following;

$.ajax({
url: "/administrator/adminUser/exportselected/1/",
type:'POST',
data: {_token:_token, selected:selected, selectedField:selectedField},
success: function(data) { alert(data.path);
if($.isEmptyObject(data.error)){
}else{}
}
});

When I alert/ console.log the data.path, I received the below :

/var/www/html/stmd_OLD/storage/export/Admin-Users2018-05-17 04:46:47

My question is: How can instantly download the excel file now? Should I call another AJAX method here?

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