Description

This module basically downloads files "faster" (see benchmarks), verify them (sha256 integrity) and automatically retries downloading parts that failed with multiple download urls support.

Advantages

• Fast as fuck
• Easy to use
• Reliable
• Automatically checks integrity
• Avoids this kind of thing
  
  

Disadvantages

• You need a manifest first.
• The server must support the Range header.

Installation

# Install using npm
npm install bongodl
# Install using yarn
yarn add bongodl

Usage

See Documentation.

Support

[x] Concurrent pieces download
[x] Slicing API
[x] Up to 3 fallback urls
[x] Manifests
    [x] JSON
    [x] TXT
    [x] Binary
[x] Download status
[x] Saving to file system
[ ] Promise API
[ ] Streaming API
[ ] Play/Pause/Cancel API
[ ] Proxy Support
[ ] Calculating current download speed
[ ] Resume Download (after restart of program)

Real world uses

• Lightcord Installer

Why "Bongodl"

I just bought a monkey plush, and Phorcys named it Bongo. I also wanted to make this library. So here it is, Bongodl