NodeJS - How to Download file via Request?

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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 ``` Apache Tomcat/8.0.0-RC1 - Error report

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
```

NodeJS - How to Download file via Request?

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