open-vsx.org extension hoarder - a script for downloading a lot of extensions

extensionHoarder.js

const fs = require("fs/promises");
const execSync = require("child_process").execSync;

const toDownload = 100;
const downloadFolder = "downloaded";

const getExtensions = async () => {
  const openVsxResponse = await fetch(
    `https://open-vsx.org/api/-/search?size=${toDownload}&sortBy=downloadCount&sortOrder=desc`
  );
  const openVsxData = await openVsxResponse.json();

  const downloadLinks = openVsxData.extensions.map((ext) => ext.files.download);

  const downloadFolderExists = await fs
    .access(downloadFolder)
    .then(() => true)
    .catch(() => false);

  if (!downloadFolderExists) {
    await fs.mkdir(downloadFolder);
  }

  downloadLinks.forEach((link) => {
    const fileExists = require("fs").existsSync(fileOutputLocation);
    if (fileExists) {
        console.info("Skipping")
        return;
    }

    execSync(`curl -L ${link} -o ${fileOutputLocation}`);
    console.info(`Downloaded ${link}`);
  });
};

getExtensions();