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electron axios stream download with progress
import {ipcMain} from 'electron'
const fs = require('fs')
const axios = require('axios')
/* ... */
ipcMain.on('downloadFile', function (event, data) {
const filePath = data.filePath
const item = data.item
axios({
method: 'GET',
url: item.download_link,
responseType: 'stream'
}).then((response) => {
response.data.pipe(fs.createWriteStream(filePath))
const totalSize = response.headers['content-length']
var downloaded = 0
response.data.on('data', (data) => {
downloaded += Buffer.byteLength(data)
event.sender.send('downloadProgress', {total: totalSize, loaded: downloaded})
})
response.data.on('end', () => {
event.sender.send('downloadEnd')
})
response.data.on('error', (error) => {
event.sender.send('downloadError', error)
})
}).catch((error) => {
event.sender.send('downloadError', error)
})
})
/* ... */
/*
Originally I used it in a vue component, "this" refers to the data property. "Item" is an object:
{
"file_name": "some_file.zip",
"download_link": "http://some.location.com/some_file.zip"
}
*/
import {ipcRenderer} from 'electron'
const fs = require('fs')
/* ... */
getDownloadProgress: function () {
let progress = (this.totalSize > 0 && this.downloadedSize > 0) ? Math.ceil(this.downloadedSize / (this.totalSize / 100)) : 0
return (progress > 100) ? 100 : progress
},
download: function () {
const _this = this
const path = process.env.INIT_CWD + '/download'
const filePath = process.env.INIT_CWD + '/download/' + this.item.file_name
// check folder
if (!fs.existsSync(path)) {
fs.mkdirSync(path)
// delete file if exists
} else if (fs.existsSync(filePath)) {
fs.unlinkSync(filePath)
}
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
_this.isDownloading = true
ipcRenderer.send('downloadFile', {
item: _this.item,
filePath: filePath
})
ipcRenderer.on('downloadProgress', (event, progressEvent) => {
_this.totalSize = progressEvent.total
_this.downloadedSize = progressEvent.loaded
})
ipcRenderer.on('downloadEnd', () => {
ipcRenderer.removeAllListeners('downloadEnd')
ipcRenderer.removeAllListeners('downloadProgress')
ipcRenderer.removeAllListeners('downloadError')
resolve(filePath)
})
ipcRenderer.on('downloadError', (event, error) => {
ipcRenderer.removeAllListeners('downloadEnd')
ipcRenderer.removeAllListeners('downloadProgress')
ipcRenderer.removeAllListeners('downloadError')
reject(error)
})
})
}
/* ... */
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