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1.6 KiB
download
Download and extract files
See download-cli for the command-line version.
Install
$ npm install --save download
Usage
const fs = require('fs');
const download = require('download');
download('http://unicorn.com/foo.jpg', 'dist').then(() => {
console.log('done!');
});
download('http://unicorn.com/foo.jpg').then(data => {
fs.writeFileSync('dist/foo.jpg', data);
});
download('unicorn.com/foo.jpg').pipe(fs.createWriteStream('dist/foo.jpg'));
Promise.all([
'unicorn.com/foo.jpg',
'cats.com/dancing.gif'
].map(x => download(x, 'dist'))).then(() => {
console.log('files downloaded!');
});
API
download(url, [destination], [options])
Returns both a Promise<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
Same options as got
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.
proxy
Type: string
Proxy endpoint.
License
MIT © Kevin Mårtensson