Simplest way to download and unzip files in Node.js cross-platform?

Question

Just looking for a simple solution to downloading and unzipping .zip or .tar.gz files in Node.js on any operating system.

Not sure if this

Answer 1

Download and extract for .tar.gz:

const https = require("https");
const tar = require("tar");

https.get("https://url.to/your.tar.gz", function(response) {
  response.pipe(
    tar.x({
      strip: 1,
      C: "some-dir"
    })
  );
});