wget-improved

wget-improved simplifies retrieving files from any URL

Improvements over old wget module

Handles 302 redirects (including infinite redirect loops)
Passes URL parameters
Better error reporting
Does not write using append (uses w+ identical to wget)
Handles gzip compression, allow you to automatically gunzip the stream

Installing

npm install wget-improved --save

var wget = require('wget-improved');
var src = 'http://nodejs.org/images/logo.svg';
var output = '/tmp/logo.svg';
var options = {
//see options below
};
var download = wget.download(src, output, options);
download.on('error', function(err) {
    console.log(err);
});
download.on('end', function(output) {
    console.log(output);
});
download.on('progress', function(progress) {
    // code to show progress bar
});

## request(options, callback)

var wget = require('wget');
var options = {
    protocol: 'https',
    host: 'raw.github.com',
    path: '/Fyrd/caniuse/master/data.json',
    proxy: 'http://host:port',
    method: 'GET'
};
var req = wget.request(options, function(res) {
    var content = '';
    if (res.statusCode === 200) {
        res.on('error', function(err) {
            console.log(err);
        });
        res.on('data', function(chunk) {
            content += chunk;
        });
        res.on('end', function() {
            console.log(content);
        });
    } else {
        console.log('Server respond ' + res.statusCode);
    }
});

req.end();
req.on('error', function(err) {
    console.log(err);
});

#download and request method options


options = {}
    // Set to true to have any gzip stream automatically decompressed before saving
    options.gunzip = false;
    options.proxy = {};
        options.proxy.protocol = 'http';
        options.proxy.host = 'someproxy.org';
        options.proxy.port = 1337;
        options.proxy.proxyAuth = '{basic auth}';
        options.proxy.headers = {'User-Agent': 'Node'};

#Todo Enable gzip when using request method