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Git github. If you encounter any bugs or have a question, please don't hesitate to open an issue. An error is thrown in case of network errors, or status codes of and above. It's quite rare, but happens , will not have a "statusCode" property. Returning anything else, including undefined, will let the downloader know that you want to continue repeating. This is how you can handle cancellations in your code. Keywords downloader file downloader file-downloader nodejs nodejs file downloader nodejs file-downloader node file downloader node file-downloader.

Install npm i nodejs-file-downloader Repository Git github. Homepage github. Downloads Weekly Downloads 3, Version 4. License ISC. How to download a file with Node. Ask Question. Asked 9 years, 3 months ago. Active 2 months ago. Viewed k times. How do I download a file with Node. Joseph is making an incorrect assertion that all node processes are server processes — lededje. It is prefectly doable. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes.

Michelle Tilley Michelle Tilley k 39 39 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. I got the following console output when I ran this script: node.

Does this code close the file properly when the script ends or would it lose data? This depends upon the req url type if you are requesting https you must use https otherwise it will throw error. EthanKeiley why do you say that it isn't closed properly? By default createWriteStream will set autoClose to true and readable.

Show 14 more comments. Don't forget to handle errors! The following code is based on Augusto Roman's answer. But we don't check the result if cb cb err. Vince Yuan Vince Yuan VinceYuan the callback is confusing me. What would I place as the cb argument?

Abdul Sounds like you are very new to node. Take a look at this tutorial: tutorialspoint. Abdul maybe it would be good if you share with the rest of the class what you have figured out? Is there a way to see the speed of the download?

Show 7 more comments. Kelvin Omereshone 2 2 silver badges 11 11 bronze badges. Abdul You specify the callback with a function only if you need to do something when the file has been successfully fetched.

It would be good to check the status code before saving: response. But we don't check the result return cb err. Buzut Buzut 4, 4 4 gold badges 41 41 silver badges 50 50 bronze badges. The request module just works straight for HTTPs. S Ventura. It's more error prone without a doubt. Anyway, in any case where using request module is an option, I'd advise it as it's way higher level and thus, easier and efficient. Alex, nope, this is an error message and there's a return. So if response.

Thank you for showing example using request module. Show 3 more comments. MikeL 5, 38 38 silver badges 41 41 bronze badges. Augusto Roman Augusto Roman 6 6 silver badges 4 4 bronze badges. What for are you storing request into a variable? You are right, there is no need to save the request, its not used anyway.

That's what you mean? Yes, I think that's what polkovnikov. Per default the fs. Bjarke Pjedsted Bjarke Pjedsted 4 4 silver badges 8 8 bronze badges. Two comments on this: 1 it should probably reject Error objects, not strings, 2 fs. This works great! No errors popped up but the. Removing the logic for the flag fixed it.

Just wanted to point that out if someone had the issues with the approach. Is there a memory leak in this answer: stackoverflow. The fs module grants you access to the filesystem to read and write files in Node. You can also use the download package from the NPM registry if you do not like low-level Node.

The download package allows you to download a file from a URL and save it under a folder as shown below:. The code above saves both logo. Follow me on Twitter and LinkedIn.