How do I download a CSV from a link using Node?

Question

I need help downloading a CSV file which requires the user to be logged in. Here is the screen I'm on. The CSV file I'm interested in can be found at this link .

Any idea how I can download the CSV file from that link using Node?

Answer 1

Depending on the approach of the API that servers the CSV, there are several ways that you can authenticate your request.

The most common are:

• BASIC , when you log with a username/password;
• BEARER TOKEN , when you are already logged and has a token that represents your session;
• API_KEY/CLIENT_KEY/AUTH_KEY... , when the service provides a key that will identify the request;

It seems that the website's API (JobNimbus) provides an API_KEY type of auth, you can see it here .

Follow the steps provided on the link to get your API key, and use the provided key to make the request using the fetch API or some library like axios .