Download a file using ada?

[flaviu22]

If ada is an alternative for curl, how can be used to download a file? Does ada have [curl_easy_perform](https://curl.se/libcurl/c/curl_easy_perform.html) like method? Is there any example of how can ada be used to download a file?

[lemire]

The ada library is part of the Node.js runtime. If you download a file using the Node.js runtime, it will use ada:

const request = require('request');
const fs = require('fs');

const downloadFile = (url, filePath) => {
  const file = fs.createWriteStream(filePath);
  request(url).pipe(file).on('close', () => {
    console.log('File downloaded successfully.');
  }).on('error', (err) => {
    fs.unlink(filePath);
    console.error(`Error while downloading file: ${err.message}`);
  });
};

downloadFile('https://www.google.com', 'index.html');

If ada is an alternative for curl,

The ada library is an alternative to the curl component that parses URLs.

If you found some documentation that implied that ada was an alternative to curl as a whole, please point it out to us so we correct it.

[flaviu22]

"The ada library is an alternative to the curl component that parses URLs"
It's clear to me now, thanks.