How to download gzipped file with request and Node.js

how-to-download-gzipped-file-request-node.js

const request = require('request-promise-native');
const os = require('os');
const fs = require('fs-extra');

const res = await request.get('http://link.to/some-gzipped-image.jpg', {
  gzip: true,
  resolveWithFullResponse: true, // optional, otherwise replace `res.body` with just `res` below
  encoding: null
});

const tmpPath = `${os.tmpdir()}/${new Date().getTime()}.jpg`;

await fs.writeFile(tmpPath, res.body, 'binary');