node.js download images to server from list of http requests

Question

I'm very new at node so bear with me. I'm trying to download a series of images from an external server. So far I have been able to get it working on a limited basis. When I run the below code, only about half of the images make it though to the web page. I know that I'm not doing this correctly, and am looking for some guidance. Here is the code that I have so far

var request = require("request"),
    fs = require("fs"),
    views = ['sitename1', 'sitename2', 'sitename3'...]
for (var view in views) {
    request({
        url: 'http://' + SERVERURL + '/api/2.2/sites/' + siteID + '/workbooks/' + views[view]['workbookID'] + '/views/' + views[view]['id'] + '/previewimage',
        headers: {
            'Content-Type': 'image/png',
            'X-Tableau-Auth': authToken
                }
            , encoding: 'binary'}).pipe(
                fs.createWriteStream('./public/images/thumbnails/' + SITE + '/views/' + views[view]['url'] + '.png'
            ))
        };

I want to point out that this does get some of the images saved correctly. I believe what I'm missing is a callback to make sure that the file has been successfully saved before moving on to the next item in the list. I have no idea how to implement that.

Another quick note (not important) is that I'm trying to download images from a Tableau Server using the REST api.

Answer 1

The face you're getting about half the images makes me wonder if you are using Tableau Online? If so, you need to ensure you're using the URI per the docs ( http://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/api/rest_api/en-us/help.htm#REST/rest_api_concepts_fundamentals.htm#tableau-online-uris ).

Answer 2

Just figured it out using the async module

async.eachSeries(views, (function(view, callback) {
            var thumbPath = 'public/images/thumbnails/' + req.session.SITE + '/views/' + req.session.views[view]['url'] + '.png'
                request({
                    url: 'http://' + SERVERURL + '/api/2.2/sites/' + req.session.siteID
                        + '/workbooks/' + req.session.views[view]['workbookID'] + '/views/' + req.session.views[view]['id'] + '/previewimage',
                    headers: {
                        'Content-Type': 'image/png',
                        'X-Tableau-Auth': req.session.authToken
                    }
                    }).pipe(
                        upload(thumbPath));
                    callback()
            }),
            function(err){
                if(err){
                    console.log("a thumb failed to download")
                } else {
                    console.log("all thumbs downloaded")
                }
            }
        )