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nodejs: copy remote web file on local
/*
* copy remote web file on local
*
* usage:
* require('urlToFile')('http://domain.tld/image.jpg', '/local/path/image.jpg', function() {console.log('success !');}, function(message) {console.log(message);});
*/
var http = require('http');
var fs = require('fs');
module.exports = function(url, dest, successCallback, errorCallback) {
var file = fs.createWriteStream(dest);
var request = http.get(url, function(response) {
response.pipe(file);
file.on('finish', function() {
file.close(successCallback);
});
}).on('error', function(err) {
fs.unlink(dest);
if (errorCallback) {
errorCallback(err.message);
}
});
};
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