CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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user19080460

Reputation:

axios response.data.pipe not a function

I'm using axios to download image in nodejs. I've added the following the code

const axios = require("axios").default;
const fs = require("fs");

const url =
  "https://images.pexels.com/photos/11431628/pexels-photo-11431628.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=750&w=1260";

async function downloadImage() {
  try {
    const { data } = await axios.get(url);
    data.pipe(fs.createWriteStream("sample.jpg"));
  } catch (error) {
    console.log(error);
  }
}

downloadImage();

But I get the following error

TypeError: data.pipe is not a function

Upvotes: 5

Views: 11194

Answers (2)

Inder
Inder

Reputation: 2098

.pipe() can only be used on streams. To get axios response in streams, add a config object with responseType:'stream'

    const { data } = await axios.get(url, { responseType: "stream" });
    data.pipe(fs.createWriteStream("sample.jpg"));

You can also use got.

got has a stream method and you can directly pipe into a writable stream.

got.stream(url).pipe(fs.createWriteStream("sample.jpg"))

Upvotes: 11

Sachinda Nirmal
Sachinda Nirmal

Reputation: 2332

in your code axios does not return a stream . pipe can only used with in stream

const { data } = await axios.get('https://stream.example.com', {
    responseType: 'stream'
});

use this way then it work fine

Upvotes: 0

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