Easy-downloader NPM

Easy Download

Download file from remote URL easily.

Installation

$ npm install easy-downloader

Usage

const easyDownload = require("easy-downloader");

(async () => {
  try {
    await easyDownload("https://httpbin.org/image/jpeg", "foo/bar/baz.jpg");
  } catch (error) {
    console.error(error.message);
  }
})();

The foo/bar directory will be created automatically if it does not exist.

API

easyDownload(url, destination, [options]);

Parameters

url (String): The file URL to download.
destination (String): The path to save the downloaded file.
options (optional Object): The HTTP request configuration
- method (String): The HTTP method to use, default to GET.
- headers (Object): The request headers to send.
- auth.username (String): The username for HTTP basic auth.
- auth.password (String): The password for HTTP basic auth.
- body (Object|FormData): The request body to send. It can be a plain JavaScript object or an instance of FormData.
- json (Boolean): Set to true if you want to send the request body with application/json content type. Default to false, which means that the request body will be sent as application/x-www-form-urlencoded. Note that you can still override the content type using the headers option.