Transfer

downloadBuffer GET

Download a file into memory.

const { buffer } = await ns.downloadBufferAsync("/123456/static/logo.png");
const bytes = Buffer.from(buffer as unknown as string, "binary");

ns.downloadBuffer("/123456/static/logo.png", (err, res, body) => {
  if (!err) fs.writeFileSync("logo.png", Buffer.from(body!.buffer as unknown as string, "binary"));
});

npx akamai-netstorage cat static/app.js

Signatures

downloadBufferAsync(ns_path: string): Promise<DownloadBufferResponse>
downloadBuffer(ns_path: string, callback: (err: any, res?: http.IncomingMessage, body?: DownloadBufferResponse) => void): void

Parameters

Returns

DownloadBufferResponse

{ buffer, message: "Download Done." }

On the wire

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Notes

• buffer is typed as Buffer but, as in every 1.x release, holds the bytes as a binary (latin1) string. Convert it with Buffer.from(…, "binary").

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