Ultra simple async retrieval of remote files over http or https
npm install wgetjs
var wget = require('wgetjs');
wget(url);
wget(url, callback);
wget({url: url, dest: destination_folder_or_filename}, callback);
wget({url: url, dry: true}); // dry run, nothing loaded, callback passing parsed options as datavar wget = require('wgetjs');
wget('https://raw.github.com/angleman/wgetjs/master/angleman.png'); // angleman.png saved to current folder
wget({
url: 'https://raw.github.com/angleman/wgetjs/master/package.json',
dest: '/tmp/', // destination path or path with filenname, default is ./
timeout: 2000 // duration to wait for request fulfillment in milliseconds, default is 2 seconds
},
function (error, response, body) {
if (error) {
console.log(error); // error encountered
} else {
console.log(response.headers); // response headers
console.log(body); // content of package
}
}
);
// dry run
wget({
url: 'https://google.com',
dry: true
}, function(err, res, data) {
console.log(data.dest); // '/tmp/package.json'
})