Download and extract files
See download-cli for the command-line version.
Install
$ npm install download
Usage
const fs = require('fs');
const download = require('download');
(async () => {
await download('http://unicorn.com/foo.jpg', 'dist');
fs.writeFileSync('dist/foo.jpg', await download('http://unicorn.com/foo.jpg'));
download('unicorn.com/foo.jpg').pipe(fs.createWriteStream('dist/foo.jpg'));
await Promise.all([
'unicorn.com/foo.jpg',
'cats.com/dancing.gif'
].map(url => download(url, 'dist')));
})();
Proxies
To work with proxies, read thegot documentation
.API
download(url, destination?, options?)
Returns both aPromise<Buffer>
and a Duplex stream with additional events.url
Type:string
URL to download.
destination
Type:string
Path to where your file will be written.
options
Type:Object
Same options as
got
and decompress
in addition to the ones below.extract
Type:boolean
Default:
false
If set to
true
, try extracting the file using decompress
.filename
Type:string
Name of the saved file.