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How to download gzipped file with request and Node.js
const request = require('request-promise-native');
const os = require('os');
const fs = require('fs-extra');
const res = await request.get('http://link.to/some-gzipped-image.jpg', {
gzip: true,
resolveWithFullResponse: true, // optional, otherwise replace `res.body` with just `res` below
encoding: null
});
const tmpPath = `${os.tmpdir()}/${new Date().getTime()}.jpg`;
await fs.writeFile(tmpPath, res.body, 'binary');
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