gw.js

// Same API as the built in fs module, but supports es6 "await"
import fs from 'fs-promise';

// I like superagent because it works in both the frontend and the backend
// supports, es6 "await", and has a pretty good API :)
import superagent from 'superagent';

// Download this file and the package.json into the same directory, 
// and then run npm install (or yarn) to install the modules
// Run this file with babel-node (https://babeljs.io/docs/usage/cli/)
// or compile it with babel and then run it with node

async function main() {
    var resp = await superagent.get('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington')
    await fs.writeFile('george_washington.html', resp.text)
    console.log("File downloaded!");
}

main()

package.json

{
  "name": "redux-minimal",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "babel": {
    "presets": [
      "es2015",
      "stage-1"
    ],
    "env": {
      "*": {
        "plugins": [
          "transform-decorators-legacy",
          "transform-object-rest-spread"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "babel-preset-stage-1": "^6.22.0",
    "fs-promise": "^2.0.0",
    "superagent": "^3.5.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "babel-core": "^6.21.0",
    "babel-loader": "^6.2.10",
    "babel-polyfill": "^6.22.0",
    "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.18.0",
    "babel-preset-react": "^6.16.0",
    "babel-preset-stage-3": "^6.17.0",
    "babel-runtime": "^6.20.0"
  }
}