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Slurper

Node module/CLI app for downloading an image from by specifying it's id.

Installation

$ npm install slurper

To install globally use -g

$ npm install -g slurper

Usage - module

Pass an options object.

url - Url for page with the image (required)

id - Id for the image element (required)

fileName - Filename for the downloaded image (required)

'use strict';

var slurper = require('slurper');
var options = {
  url: 'http://www.dagbladet.no/tegneserie/lunch/',
  id: '#lunch-stripe',
  fileName: 'lunch.gif'
};

slurper(options, function(error, data){
  if(error){
    console.error(error);
  } else {
    console.log(data.message);
  }
});

Returned data

{
  message: 'File downloaded'
}

Usage - CLI

sluper <url> --id=#id-for-image --filename=filename.gif

Example

$ slurper 'http://www.dagbladet.no/tegneserie/lunch/' --id='#lunch-stripe' --filename='lunch.gif'

Saves the image as lunch.gif and outputs

File download

Version

$ slurper -v

Help

$ slurper -h

Usage no npm install needed!