How to Download Image from URL in Node JS?

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I will give you very simple example of how to download image or file from url in node.js app. let's see bellow example code:

Step 1: Create Node App

run bellow command and create node app.

mkdir my-app
cd my-app
  
npm init

Step 2: Create server.js file

server.js

var fs = require('fs'),
http = require('http'),
https = require('https');
  
var Stream = require('stream').Transform;
  
var downloadImageFromURL = (url, filename, callback) => {
  
    var client = http;
    if (url.toString().indexOf("https") === 0){
      client = https;
     }
  
    client.request(url, function(response) {                                        
      var data = new Stream();                                                    
  
      response.on('data', function(chunk) {                                       
         data.push(chunk);                                                         
      });                                                                         
  
      response.on('end', function() {                                             
         fs.writeFileSync(filename, data.read());                               
      });                                                                         
   }).end();
};
  
downloadImageFromURL('https://www.itsolutionstuff.com/assets/images/logo-it.png', 'it.png');

now you can simply run by following command:

node server.js

i hope it can help you...