Download a file from NodeJS Server using Express

Question

How can I download a file that is in my server to my machine accessing a page in a nodeJS server?

I\'m using the ExpressJS and I\'ve been trying this:

Answer 1

'use strict';

var express = require('express');
var fs = require('fs');
var compress = require('compression');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');

var app = express();
app.set('port', 9999);
app.use(bodyParser.json({ limit: '1mb' }));
app.use(compress());

app.use(function (req, res, next) {
    req.setTimeout(3600000)
    res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*');
    res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', 'Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept,' + Object.keys(req.headers).join());

    if (req.method === 'OPTIONS') {
        res.write(':)');
        res.end();
    } else next();
});

function readApp(req,res) {
  var file = req.originalUrl == "/read-android" ? "Android.apk" : "Ios.ipa",
      filePath = "/home/sony/Documents/docs/";
  fs.exists(filePath, function(exists){
      if (exists) {     
        res.writeHead(200, {
          "Content-Type": "application/octet-stream",
          "Content-Disposition" : "attachment; filename=" + file});
        fs.createReadStream(filePath + file).pipe(res);
      } else {
        res.writeHead(400, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});
        res.end("ERROR File does NOT Exists.ipa");
      }
    });  
}

app.get('/read-android', function(req, res) {
    var u = {"originalUrl":req.originalUrl};
    readApp(u,res) 
});

app.get('/read-ios', function(req, res) {
    var u = {"originalUrl":req.originalUrl};
    readApp(u,res) 
});

var server = app.listen(app.get('port'), function() {
    console.log('Express server listening on port ' + server.address().port);
});