Download files while displaying download status

This (promise-based) module handles simple downloads and displays download status. DownloadStat wraps around the popular download module.

Install

npm install --save download-stat

Get to downloading...

const downloadStat = require('download-stat');

var url = 'http://YOUR-DOWNLOAD-URL';

var options = {
    //where downloaded files are to be saved. Note, this must be an existing path!
    dest : 'downloads/',

    //Do you want to print download progress on console? Default = true
    verbose : true,

    //name that you want the file to be saved in
    fileName : 'fileName.jpg',

    //Overide the inbuild progress function with your own
    progress : function (progress) {
        console.log(progress);
    }

}

//NOTE: 'verbose' & 'progress' options are optional
downloadStat(url, options)
    .then(console.log)
    .catch(console.error);
    

API

downloadStat(url, options)

Download Stat options are as follows:

• dest : where downloaded files are to be saved. Note, this must be an existing path!
• fileName : Optional. A name that will be allocated to the file upon saving to disk.
• verbose : Optional. Do you want to print download progress on console? Default is true.
• progress : Optional. A function that overides the inbuild progress function with your own. By default, ora is used to log download status on the console.

Other options

You can pass any other got options with the options object. Example:

{
    dest : 'downloads/',
    timeout : 10000,
    retries : 2
}