node.js axios download file stream and writeFile

Question

i want download a pdf file with axios and save on disk (server side) with fs.writeFile, i have tried:

axios.get(\'https://xxx/my.pd         


        

Answer 1

You can simply use response.data.pipe and fs.createWriteStream to pipe response to file

axios({
    method: "get",
    url: "https://xxx/my.pdf",
    responseType: "stream"
}).then(function (response) {
    response.data.pipe(fs.createWriteStream("/temp/my.pdf"));
});