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download file axios nodejs

axios.get('https://xxx/my.pdf', {responseType: 'blob'}).then(response => {
    fs.writeFile('/temp/my.pdf', response.data, (err) => {
        if (err) throw err;
        console.log('The file has been saved!');
    });
});

How to download files using axios

axios({
    url: 'http://api.dev/file-download', //your url
    method: 'GET',
    responseType: 'blob', // important
}).then((response) => {
    const url = window.URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([response.data]));
    const link = document.createElement('a');
    link.href = url;
    link.setAttribute('download', 'file.pdf'); //or any other extension
    document.body.appendChild(link);
    link.click();
});

axios download file from url

API call to Download file