# node-downloader-helper [![NPM Version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/node-downloader-helper.svg?style=flat-square "npm version")](https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-downloader-helper) ![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/dw/node-downloader-helper?style=flat-square "npm download") ![GitHub Actions Build](https://github.com/hgouveia/node-downloader-helper/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg "GitHub Actions Build") [![Windows Build Status](https://img.shields.io/appveyor/ci/hgouveia/node-downloader-helper/master.svg?label=windows&style=flat-square "Windows Build Status")](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/hgouveia/node-downloader-helper) [![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/node-downloader-helper/Lobby](https://badges.gitter.im/node-downloader-helper/Lobby.svg)](https://gitter.im/node-downloader-helper/Lobby?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge) [![FOSSA Status](https://app.fossa.io/api/projects/git%2Bgithub.com%2Fhgouveia%2Fnode-downloader-helper.svg?type=shield)](https://app.fossa.io/projects/git%2Bgithub.com%2Fhgouveia%2Fnode-downloader-helper?ref=badge_shield) A simple http file downloader for node.js Features: - No thirdparty dependecies - Pause/Resume - Retry on fail - Supports http/https - Supports http redirects - Supports pipes - Custom native http request options - Usable on vanilla nodejs, electron, nwjs - Progress stats ## Install ``` $ npm install --save node-downloader-helper ``` ## Usage For a more complete example check [example](example/) folder ```javascript const { DownloaderHelper } = require('node-downloader-helper'); const dl = new DownloaderHelper('https://proof.ovh.net/files/1Gb.dat', __dirname); dl.on('end', () => console.log('Download Completed')); dl.on('error', (err) => console.log('Download Failed', err)); dl.start().catch(err => console.error(err)); ``` **IMPORTANT NOTE:** I highly recommend to use both `.on('error')` and `.start().catch`, although they do the same thing, if `on('error')` is not defined, an error will be thrown when the `error` event is emitted and not listing, this is because EventEmitter is designed to throw an `unhandled error event` error if not been listened and is too late to change it now. ### CLI This can be used as standalone CLI downloader Install `npm i -g node-downloader-helper` Usage: `ndh [folder] [url]` ```bash $ ndh ./folder http://url ``` ## Options Download Helper constructor also allow a 3rd parameter to set some options `constructor(url, destinationFolder, options)`, these are the default values ```javascript { body: null, // Request body, can be any, string, object, etc. method: 'GET', // Request Method Verb headers: {}, // Custom HTTP Header ex: Authorization, User-Agent timeout: -1, // Request timeout in milliseconds (-1 use default), is the equivalent of 'httpRequestOptions: { timeout: value }' (also applied to https) metadata: {}, // custom metadata for the user retrieve later (default:null) resumeOnIncomplete: true, // Resume download if the file is incomplete (set false if using any pipe that modifies the file) resumeOnIncompleteMaxRetry: 5, // Max retry when resumeOnIncomplete is true resumeIfFileExists: false, // it will resume if a file already exists and is not completed, you might want to set removeOnStop and removeOnFail to false. If you used pipe for compression it will produce corrupted files fileName: string|cb(fileName, filePath, contentType)|{name, ext}, // Custom filename when saved retry: false, // { maxRetries: number, delay: number in ms } or false to disable (default) forceResume: false, // If the server does not return the "accept-ranges" header, can be force if it does support it removeOnStop: true, // remove the file when is stopped (default:true) removeOnFail: true, // remove the file when fail (default:true) progressThrottle: 1000, // interval time of the 'progress.throttled' event will be emitted override: boolean|{skip, skipSmaller}, // Behavior when local file already exists httpRequestOptions: {}, // Override the http request options httpsRequestOptions: {}, // Override the https request options, ex: to add SSL Certs } ``` for `body` you can provide any parameter accepted by http.request write function `req.write(body)` https://nodejs.org/api/http.html, when using this, you might need to add the `content-length` and `content-type` header in addition with the http method `POST` or `PUT` ex: ```javascript const data = JSON.stringify({ todo: 'Buy the milk' }); const dl = new DownloaderHelper('my_url', __dirname, { method: 'POST', body: data, headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Content-Length': data.length } } ); ``` for `fileName` you can provide 3 types of parameter - **string**: will use the full string as the filename including extension - **callback(fileName, filePath, contentType)**: must return an string, only sync function are supported ex: `(fileName) => 'PREFIX_' + fileName;`, **contentType** will be provided if available - **object**: this object must contain a `name` attribute and an optional `ext` attribute, the `ext` attribute can be an string without dot(`.`) or a boolean where `true` use the `name` as full file name (same as just giving an string to the `fileName` parameter) or false *(default)* will only replace the name and keep the original extension, for example if the original name is `myfile.zip` and the option is `{name: 'somename'}` the output will be `somename.zip` for `override` you can provide 2 types of parameter - **boolean**: `true` to override existing local file, `false` to append '(number)' to new file name - **object**: object with properties `skip` (boolean): whether to skip download if file exists, and `skipSmaller` (boolean): whether to skip download if file exists but is smaller. Both default to `false`, for the equivalent of `override: true`. for `httpRequestOptions` the available options are detailed in here https://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_http_request_options_callback for `httpsRequestOptions` the available options are detailed in here https://nodejs.org/api/https.html#https_https_request_options_callback ## Methods | Name | Description | |---------- |--------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | start | starts the downloading | | pause | pause the downloading | | resume | resume the downloading if supported, if not it will start from the beginning | | stop | stop the downloading and remove the file | | pipe | `readable.pipe(stream.Readable, options) : stream.Readable` | | unpipe | `(stream)` if not stream is not specified, then all pipes are detached. | | updateOptions | `(options, url)` updates the options, can be use on pause/resume events | | getStats | returns `stats` from the current download, these are the same `stats` sent via progress event | | getTotalSize | gets the total file size from the server | | getDownloadPath | gets the full path where the file will be downloaded (available after the start phase) | | isResumable | return true/false if the download can be resumable (available after the start phase) | | getResumeState | Get the state required to resume the download after restart. This state can be passed back to `resumeFromFile()` to resume a download | | resumeFromFile | `resumeFromFile(filePath?: string, state?: IResumeState)` Resume the download from a previous file path, if the state is not provided it will try to fetch from the information the headers and filePath, @see `resumeIfFileExists` option | usage of `resumeFromFile` ```javascript const downloadDir = 'D:/TEMP'; const { DownloaderHelper } = require('node-downloader-helper'); const dl = new DownloaderHelper('https://proof.ovh.net/files/1Gb.dat', downloadDir); dl.on('end', () => console.log('Download Completed')); dl.on('error', (err) => console.log('Download Failed', err)); // option 1 const prevFilePath = `${downloadDir}/1Gb.dat`; dl.resumeFromFile(prevFilePath).catch(err => console.error(err)); // option 2 const prevState = dl.getResumeState(); // this should be stored in a file, localStorage, db, etc in a previous process for example on 'stop' dl.resumeFromFile(prevState.filePath, prevState).catch(err => console.error(err)); ``` ## Events | Name | Description | |-------------- |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | start | Emitted when the .start method is called | | skip | Emitted when the download is skipped because the file already exists | | download | Emitted when the download starts `callback(downloadInfo)` | | progress | Emitted every time gets data from the server `callback(stats)` | | progress.throttled| The same as `progress` but emits every 1 second while is downloading `callback(stats)` | | retry | Emitted when the download fails and retry is enabled `callback(attempt, retryOpts, err)` | | end | Emitted when the downloading has finished `callback(downloadInfo)` | | error | Emitted when there is any error `callback(error)` | | timeout | Emitted when the underlying socket times out from inactivity. | | pause | Emitted when the .pause method is called | | stop | Emitted when the .stop method is called | | resume | Emitted when the .resume method is called `callback(isResume)` | | renamed | Emitted when '(number)' is appended to the end of file, this requires `override:false` opt, `callback(filePaths)` | | redirected | Emitted when an url redirect happened `callback(newUrl, oldUrl)` NOTE: this will be triggered during getTotalSize() as well | | stateChanged | Emitted when the state changes `callback(state)` | | warning | Emitted when an error occurs that was not thrown intentionally `callback(err: Error)` | event **skip** `skipInfo` object ```javascript { totalSize:, // total file size got from the server (will be set as 'null' if content-length header is not available) fileName:, // original file name filePath:, // original path name downloadedSize:, // the downloaded amount } ``` event **download** `downloadInfo` object ```javascript { totalSize:, // total file size got from the server (will be set as 'null' if content-length header is not available) fileName:, // assigned name filePath:, // download path isResumed:, // if the download is a resume, downloadedSize:, // the downloaded amount (only if is resumed otherwise always 0) } ``` event **progress** or **progress.throttled** `stats` object ```javascript { name:, // file name total:, // total size that needs to be downloaded in bytes, (will be set as 'null' if content-length header is not available) downloaded:, // downloaded size in bytes progress:, // progress porcentage 0-100%, (will be set as 0 if total is null) speed: // download speed in bytes } ``` event **end** `downloadInfo` object ```javascript { fileName:, filePath:, totalSize:, // total file size got from the server, (will be set as 'null' if content-length header is not available) incomplete:, // true/false if the download endend but still incomplete, set as 'false' if totalSize is null onDiskSize, // total size of file on the disk downloadedSize:, // the total size downloaded } ``` event **renamed** `filePaths` object ```javascript { path:, // modified path name fileName:, // modified file name prevPath:, // original path name prevFileName:, // original file name } ``` event **error** `error` object ```javascript { message:, // Error message status:, // Http status response if available body:, // Http body response if available } ``` ## States | Name | Value | |-------------- |---------------------------------- | | IDLE | 'IDLE' | | SKIPPED | 'SKIPPED' | | STARTED | 'STARTED' | | DOWNLOADING | 'DOWNLOADING' | | PAUSED | 'PAUSED' | | RESUMED | 'RESUMED' | | STOPPED | 'STOPPED' | | FINISHED | 'FINISHED' | | FAILED | 'FAILED' | | RETRY | 'RETRY' | ## Test ``` $ npm test ``` ## License Read [License](LICENSE) for more licensing information. [![FOSSA Status](https://app.fossa.io/api/projects/git%2Bgithub.com%2Fhgouveia%2Fnode-downloader-helper.svg?type=large)](https://app.fossa.io/projects/git%2Bgithub.com%2Fhgouveia%2Fnode-downloader-helper?ref=badge_large) ## Contributing Read [here](CONTRIBUTING.md) for more information. ## TODO - Better code testing