Downloading images with node js

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I m trying to write a script to download images using node js  This is what I have so far   var maxLength   10    10mb var download   function uri  callback      http request uri       on  response   function res          if  res headers  content-length    gt  maxLength 1024 1024            callback new Error  Image too large             else if     200  304  indexOf res statusCode             callback new Error  Received an invalid status code             else if   res headers  content-type   match  image              callback new Error  Not an image             else           var body              res setEncoding  binary           res            on  error   function err                callback err                          on  data   function chunk                body    chunk                         on  end   function                    What about Windows               var path     tmp     Math random   toString   split      pop               fs writeFile path  body   binary   function err                  callback err  path                                                  on  error   function err          callback err              end        I  however  want to make this more robust    Are there libraries that do this and do this better  Is there a chance that response headers lie  about length  about content type   Are there any other status codes I should care about  Should I bother with redirects  I think I read somewhere that binary encoding is going to be deprecated  What do I do then  How can I get this to work on windows  Any other ways you can make this script better    Why  for a feature similar to imgur where users can give me a URL  I download that image  and rehost the image in multiple sizes

User · Accepted Answer

I d suggest using the request module  Downloading a file is as simple as the following code   var fs   require  fs        request   require  request     var download   function uri  filename  callback     request head uri  function err  res  body       console log  content-type    res headers  content-type         console log  content-length    res headers  content-length          request uri  pipe fs createWriteStream filename   on  close   callback             download  https   www google com images srpr logo3w png    google png   function      console log  done

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if you want progress download try this   var fs   require  fs    var request   require  request    var progress   require  request-progress     module exports   function  uri  path  onProgress  onResponse  onError  onEnd        progress request uri        on  progress   onProgress       on  response   onResponse       on  error   onError       on  end   onEnd       pipe fs createWriteStream path        how to use     var download   require     lib download      download  https   www google com images branding googlelogo 2x googlelogo color 150x54dp png      download logo png   function  state                console log  progress   state              function  response                console log  status code   response statusCode              function  error                console log  error   error              function                  console log  done                  note  you should install both request  amp  request-progress modules using   npm install request request-progress --save

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var fs   require  fs    http   require  http    https   require  https     var Stream   require  stream   Transform   var downloadImageToUrl    url  filename  callback    gt         var client   http      if  url toString   indexOf  https       0         client   https              client request url  function response                                                  var data   new Stream                                                               response on  data   function chunk                                                    data push chunk                                                                                                                                                      response on  end   function                                                           fs writeFileSync filename  data read                                                                                                                             end        downloadImageToUrl  https   www google com images srpr logo11w png    public uploads users abc jpg

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I ran into this problem some days ago  for a pure NodeJS answer I would suggest using Stream to merge the chunks together   var http   require  http                                                        Stream   require  stream   Transform                                        fs   require  fs                                                         var url    http   www google com images srpr logo11w png                        http request url  function response                                              var data   new Stream                                                           response on  data   function chunk                                               data push chunk                                                                                                                                              response on  end   function                                                      fs writeFileSync  image png   data read                                                                                                                      end      The newest Node versions won t work well with binary strings  so merging chunks with strings is not a good idea when working with binary data    Just be careful when using  data read     it will empty the stream for the next  read    operation  If you want to use it more than once  store it somewhere

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This is an extension to Cezary s answer  If you want to download it to a specific directory  use this  Also  use const instead of var  Its safe this way   const fs   require  fs    const request   require  request    var download   function uri  filename  callback     request head uri  function err  res  body           request uri  pipe fs createWriteStream filename   on  close   callback             download  https   www google com images srpr logo3w png      images google png   function      console log  done

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Building on the above  if anyone needs to handle errors in the write read streams  I used this version  Note the stream read   in case of a write error  it s required so we can finish reading and trigger close on the read stream   var download   function uri  filename  callback     request head uri  function err  res  body       if  err  callback err  filename       else           var stream   request uri           stream pipe              fs createWriteStream filename                   on  error   function err                       callback error  filename                       stream read                                              on  close   function                 callback null  filename

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You can use Axios  a promise-based HTTP client for Node js  to download images in the order of your choosing in an asynchronous environment   npm i axios   Then  you can use the following basic example to begin downloading images   const fs   require  fs    const axios   require  axios                                                                       Function  Download Image                                                                  const download image    url  image path    gt    axios       url      responseType   stream        then      response   gt        new Promise  resolve  reject    gt            response data            pipe fs createWriteStream image path              on  finish        gt  resolve               on  error   e   gt  reject e                                                                                      Download Images in Order                                                                   async      gt      let example image 1   await download image  https   example com test-1 png    example-1 png       console log example image 1 status      true   console log example image 1 error            let example image 2   await download image  https   example com does-not-exist png    example-2 png       console log example image 2 status      false   console log example image 2 error       Error  Request failed with status code 404     let example image 3   await download image  https   example com test-3 png    example-3 png       console log example image 3 status      true   console log example image 3 error

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