How can I download and save a file using the Fetch API? (Node.js)

问题

I have the url to a possibly large (100+ Mb) file, how do I save it in a local directory using fetch?

I looked around but there don't seem to be a lot of resources/tutorials on how to do this.

Thank you!

回答1:

Using the Fetch API you could write a function that could download from a URL like this:

const downloadFile = (async (url, path) => {
  const res = await fetch(url);
  const fileStream = fs.createWriteStream(path);
  await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
      res.body.pipe(fileStream);
      res.body.on("error", (err) => {
        reject(err);
      });
      fileStream.on("finish", function() {
        resolve();
      });
    });
});

回答2:

If you want to avoid explicitly making a Promise like in the other very fine answer, and are ok with building a buffer of the entire 100+ MB file, then you could do something simpler:

const fetch = require('node-fetch');
const {writeFile} = require('fs');
const {promisify} = require('util');
const writeFilePromise = promisify(writeFile);

function downloadFile(url, outputPath) {
  return fetch(url)
      .then(x => x.arrayBuffer())
      .then(x => writeFilePromise(outputPath, Buffer.from(x)));
}

But the other answer will be more memory-efficient since it's piping the received data stream directly into a file without accumulating all of it in a Buffer.

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37614649/how-can-i-download-and-save-a-file-using-the-fetch-api-node-js