NodeJS How do I Download a file to disk from an aws s3 bucket?

Question

My goal:

Display a dialog box prompting the user to save a file being downloaded from aws.

My problem:

I am currently using awssum-amazon-s3 to create a download stream. However I've only managed to save the file to my server or stream it to the command line... As you can see from my code my last attempt was to try and manually set the content disposition headers which failed. I cannot use res.download() as the headers have already been set?

How can I achieve my goal?

My code for node:

app.post('/dls/:dlKey', function(req, res, next){         // download the file via aws s3 here         var dlKey = req.param('dlKey');          Dl.findOne({key:dlKey}, function(err, dl){             if (err) return next(err);             var files = dl.dlFile;              var options = {                 BucketName    : 'xxxx',                 ObjectName    : files,             };              s3.GetObject(options, { stream : true }, function(err, data) {                 // stream this file to stdout                 fmt.sep();                 data.Headers['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment';                 console.log(data.Headers);                 data.Stream.pipe(fs.createWriteStream('test.pdf'));                 data.Stream.on('end', function() {                     console.log('File Downloaded!');                 });             });         });          res.end('Successful Download Post!');     }); 

My code for angular:

$scope.dlComplete = function (dl) {         $scope.procDownload = true;         $http({             method: 'POST',             url: '/dls/' + dl.dlKey         }).success(function(data/*, status, headers, config*/) {             console.log(data);             $location.path('/#!/success');         }).error(function(/*data, status, headers, config*/) {             console.log('File download failed!');         });     }; 

The purpose of this code it to let users use a generated key to download a file once.

Answer 1

This is the entire code using streaming on the latest version of aws-sdk

var express = require('express'); var app = express(); var fs = require('fs');  app.get('/', function(req, res, next){     res.send('You did not say the magic word'); });   app.get('/s3Proxy', function(req, res, next){     // download the file via aws s3 here     var fileKey = req.query['fileKey'];      console.log('Trying to download file', fileKey);     var AWS = require('aws-sdk');     AWS.config.update(       {         accessKeyId: "....",         secretAccessKey: "...",         region: 'ap-southeast-1'       }     );     var s3 = new AWS.S3();     var options = {         Bucket    : '/bucket-url',         Key    : fileKey,     };      res.attachment(fileKey);     var fileStream = s3.getObject(options).createReadStream();     fileStream.pipe(res); });  var server = app.listen(3000, function () {     var host = server.address().address;     var port = server.address().port;     console.log('S3 Proxy app listening at http://%s:%s', host, port); });