Download and extract files
See download-cli for the command-line version.
$ npm install download
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')));
})();To work with proxies, read the got documentation.
Returns both a Promise<Buffer> and a Duplex stream with additional events.
Type: string
URL to download.
Type: string
Path to where your file will be written.
Type: Object
Same options as got and decompress in addition to the ones below.
Type: boolean
Default: false
If set to true, try extracting the file using decompress.
Type: string
Name of the saved file.
