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Created July 30, 2018 12:22
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Using the request module to download a file.
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request-file-pipe.js
var http = require('http');
var fs = require('fs');
var file = fs.createWriteStream("file.jpg");
var request = http.get("http://i3.ytimg.com/vi/J---aiyznGQ/mqdefault.jpg", function(response) {
response.pipe(file);
});
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