download-url

download-url is a download toolkit which support both http and https URL, to check and download file by given URL, also resolve a promise when it is done

Install

$ npm install --save download-url

Usage

Chain version

var _d = new downloadAPI(url)

_d.setPath(path).start('abc.mp4').then(function(result){

  console.log('result: ', result)

},function(error){

  console.log(error)
})

API

constructor

Giving download url as parameter, and start check up if it is work and downloadable.

var downloadAPI = require('download-url');
downloadAPI("www.abc.jpg")

setPath("/upload/directary")

Giving destination directory as parameter, which needed to be created before storing the download file.

var downloadAPI = require('download-url');
downloadAPI("www.abc.jpg")
downloadAPI.setPath(path)

or 

downloadAPI("www.abc.jpg").setPath("/upload/directary")

start()

It is a function which return a promise, to trigger download, from the given URL to the given Directary and process the url validate checkup before download.

var downloadAPI = require('download-url');
downloadAPI("www.abc.jpg")
downloadAPI.setPath(path)
downloadAPI.start().then(function(result){
    //...... file is downloaded to local
},function(error){
    //...... do somthing
})

or 

downloadAPI("www.abc.jpg").setPath("/upload/directary").then(function(result){
    //...... file is downloaded to local
},function(error){
    //...... do somthing
})

isDownloadable(url)

It is a function which return a promise, to check if the url parameter downloadable.

var API = downloadAPI(url)
API.isDownloadable(url).then(function(isDownloadable){
    //...... file is downloaded to local
},function(error){
    //...... do somthing
})

License

MIT © Kevin Mårtensson