I got the url to an api, when I visit the url in browser and pass my login, it will correctly download a zip file, that contains the JSON file with the data I want.
How do I get this JSON by fetching it with Node?
When I call like this
const data = await fetch(url, {
headers: {
Authorization: "Basic " + btoa(username + ":" + password)
}
});
I correctly receive a data.body and data.headers but nothing near by the JSON data I am looking for.
Is it even possible to make an API call to a file that is attached?
My solution:
import request from "request";
import zlib from "zlib";
import concat from "concat-stream";
const btoa = (str) => Buffer.from(str).toString("base64");
request(url, {
headers: {
Authorization: "Basic " + btoa(username + ":" + password),
}})
.pipe(zlib.createGunzip())
.pipe(
concat((stringBuffer) => {
console.log(stringBuffer.toString()) // gives me the json I was looking for
})
);