node module and command-line program for accelerated (multiple connections) http download Stream
$ npm install -g fast-download to install as a command-line program or $ npm install --save fast-download to add it to your project
$ fast-download -h
Usage: fast-download [options] <urls>
Options:
-h, --help output usage information
-V, --version output the version number
-d, --directory <s> destination directory (default: current working directory)
-f, --filename <s> destination filename (default: base filename in url)
-o, --overwrite overwrite existing file (default is to resume)
-c --chunksAtOnce <n> the number of data chunks to download at the same time (default: 3)
-s --chunkSize <n> the size of a data chunk in MB (default: 0, meaning file size divided by chunksAtOnce)
-t, --timeout timeout on http requests in seconds (default: 0, meaning no timeout)
-w, --width <n> display width (default: 72)
var FastDownload = require('fast-download');
var dl = new FastDownload(url, options);
dl.on('error', function(error){throw error;})
dl.on('start', function(dl){console.log('started');})
dl.on('end', function(){console.log('ended');});
dl.pipe(fs.createReadStream('foo.bar'));or use the constructor callback instead of the 'start' event (you may use both together)
var FastDownload = require('fast-download');
new FastDownload(url, options, function(error, dl){
if (error){throw error;}
console.log('started');
dl.on('error', function(error){throw error;});
dl.on('end', function(){console.log('ended');});
dl.pipe(fs.createReadStream('foo.bar'));
});once the 'start' event has fired, you can access dl.headers, dl.chunks, and other data members
'destFile' if set, download is written to this file location. default: null
'resumeFile' if 'destFile' is set and 'resumeFile' is true, the download will start where the existing file leaves off. default: false
'start' the starting position in bytes. default: 0
'end' the ending position in bytes. default: null (end of file)
'chunksAtOnce' the maximum number of chunks to download at a time. default: 3
'chunkSize' the size of each chunk in bytes. default: null (download size divided by 'chunksAtOnce')
- Added changelog lol
- Don't rely on sketchy
request'end'event - Added badges/shields to readme