fileDownload

Simple download any file using minimal framework

Requirement

1. FileServer
2. Node
3. Express JS, Express Generator (optional)
4. Request API

BackEnd Side

FileServer Host the file which you want to download. For sake of simplicity I used a Python SimpleHTTP server.

python -m SimpleHTTPServer [port]
python -m SimpleHTTPServer 5000

Express JS

To create the server which interacts with the front-end. In addition to that, makes request to FileServer too.

File: /routes/user.js

  router.get('/download', function(req, res) {
      var data = null;
      request('http://localhost:5000/xxxx.pdf')
	   .pipe(res.status(200));
    });

Frontend Side

File: /views/index.jade

h1= title
p Welcome to #{title}
a(href='/users/download' download='filename') download

That's it.

Running Instructions

install dependencies: $ cd filetransfer && npm install

run the app: $ DEBUG=filetransfer:* npm start