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node-wget-fetch

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Ultra simple async retrieval of resources or remote files over HTTP/HTTPS, acting as a CLI tool and convenience wrapper around node-fetch with built-in retry. Version 1.1.3 targets Node.js >=12.0.0. It provides a main `fetching` function with response type options (download, json, text, etc.) and convenience methods for GET, HEAD, OPTIONS, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE. Differentiates itself from plain node-fetch by adding file download (`wget`), retry logic, and simpler response-type handling. Active development, weekly releases.

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Install & Compatibility

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Code

Verified usage

Verified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.

fetching

✓ import fetching from 'node-wget-fetch'

✗ import { fetching } from 'node-wget-fetch'

Default export is the main fetching function.

wget

✓ import { wget } from 'node-wget-fetch'

Named export for download-to-file convenience.

get

✓ import { get } from 'node-wget-fetch'

✗ const get = require('node-wget-fetch').get

ESM-only; no CommonJS require for named exports.

Post

✓ import { post } from 'node-wget-fetch'

✗ import { Post } from 'node-wget-fetch'

Case-sensitive: lowercase 'post'.

Shows default export usage for download and JSON retrieval, including retry configuration.

import fetching from 'node-wget-fetch'; const url = 'https://httpbin.org/json'; // Download file to current directory fetching(url) .then(info => console.log('Downloaded:', info)) .catch(err => console.error(err)); // Get JSON response fetching(url, 'json') .then(data => console.log('JSON:', data)) .catch(err => console.error(err)); // With retry options fetching(url, { retry: { retries: 3 } }) .then(info => console.log('Success after retries')) .catch(err => console.error(err));

Debug

Known issues

breakingPackage is ESM-only since v1.0.0. CommonJS require() will not work for named exports.

fix

Use ES module `import` syntax or use default export with `const fetching = require('node-wget-fetch');` for main function only.

affects: >=1.0.0

deprecatedThe `wget` function is deprecated and will be removed in future versions.

fix

Use `fetching(url, 'download')` instead.

affects: >=1.1.0

gotchaResponse type 'stream' returns a Node.js readableStream, but the package does not handle stream errors automatically.

fix

Always attach error listener: `stream.on('error', ...)`.

affects: >=1.0.0

Errors

Common errors & fixes

Error [ERR_REQUIRE_ESM]: require() of ES Module ... from ... not supported.

Trying to require() a named export from an ESM-only package.

fix

Use `import` statement or change to default import: `const fetching = require('node-wget-fetch');`

TypeError: fetching is not a function

Using named import on default export: `import { fetching } from '...'`

fix

Use default import: `import fetching from 'node-wget-fetch'`

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Version history

1.1.3latest on npm

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Dependencies

node-fetchrequiredCore HTTP client; this package is a wrapper.

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Resources

githubhttps://github.com/techno-express/node-wget-fetch ↗

packagenode-wget-fetch ↗

homepagehttps://github.com/techno-express/node-wget-fetch#readme ↗