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NodeJS - How to Download file via Request?

rated 0 times [ 92] [ 1] / answers: 1 / hits: 22568 / 11 Years ago, sun, august 18, 2013, 12:00:00

I have a ExternalServe (running on Localhost)
When I using Browser to request:

localhost:2013/ExternalServer/getfilebyname?filename=getStatus.json

Then browser downloaded getStatus.json to Download Folder.

In my NodeJS project, I want to download getStatus.json file and I made:

download.js

var http = require('http');

var fs = require('fs');



function getFile (){



  var file = fs.createWriteStream(./../lib/user.json);

  var req = http.get(http://localhost:2013/ExternalServer/getfilebyname?filename=getStatus.json, function(res) {

    res.pipe(file);

});

}



getFile();

but when i run: node download.js the system return

<html><head><title>Apache Tomcat/8.0.0-RC1 - Error report</title><style><!--H1 {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;font-size:22px;} H2 {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;font-size:16px;} H3 {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;font-size:14px;} BODY {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-color:white;} B {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;} P {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;background:white;color:black;font-size:12px;}A {color : black;}A.name {color : black;}HR {color : #525D76;}--></style> </head><body><h1>HTTP Status 401 - </h1><HR size=1 noshade=noshade><p><b>type</b> Status report</p><p><b>message</b> <u></u></p><p><b>description</b> <u>This request requires HTTP authentication.</u></p><HR size=1 noshade=noshade><h3>Apache Tomcat/8.0.0-RC1</h3></body></html>

How to fix it?

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answered 11 Years ago reed · Accepted Answer

You are getting the following error response:

This request requires HTTP authentication

Suggesting to add the Authorization information in header. Like:

var options = {

    host: 'localhost',

    port: 2013,

    path: '/ExternalServer/getfilebyname?filename=getStatus.json',

    headers: {

     'Authorization': 'Basic ' + new Buffer(uname + ':' + pword).toString('base64')

   }         

};



request = http.get(options, function(res) {

   res.pipe(file);

});

in case of proxy, you can use the following header instead:

Proxy-Authorization