retriable-download
v4.0.0
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Download to a temp file (with retries). Promise based.
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retriable-download
Downloads a given uri to a temp file.
Purpose
Downloads to a temp file and retries on (potentially) transient errors.
Usage
const dl = require('retriable-download');
const retries = 3;
dl('http://path/to/file', retries).then((filename) => {
console.log('saved to', filename);
});
API
retries
- an integer number of retries to attempt (default = 3)requestOptions
- options provided torequest
module (used under the hood)
module.exports(uri, retries, requestOptions);
Installation
This module is installed via npm:
$ npm install retriable-download
License
The BSD License
Copyright (c) 2018, Tim Allen
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