Downloader

Downloads files from URLs over HTTP/HTTPS to the local filesystem. Uses axios with streaming to efficiently write downloaded content directly to disk, and supports up to 10 redirects.

Usage

downloader <url> [output-path]

Aliases

This command is available under several aliases (all invoke the same CLI):

• downloader (default)
• download
• download-file
• file-downloader
• fetch-file

Arguments

Argument	Description
url	File URL to download (required)
output-path	Optional destination path on disk

Options

Flag	Description
-h, --help	Show help message

Behavior

• If no output-path is provided, the filename is derived from the URL's pathname (e.g., https://example.com/file.zip saves as file.zip in the current directory).
• If the URL path ends with / or has no filename segment, the default name downloaded-file is used.
• The output path is resolved to an absolute path, and any missing parent directories are created automatically.

Examples

Download to the current directory (filename auto-derived from URL):

downloader https://example.com/file.zip

Download and save with a custom filename:

downloader https://example.com/file.zip downloads/custom.zip

Using an alias:

fetch-file https://example.com/data.json ./data/input.json

Source

See src/downloader-cli.cjs.