Server Crashing When Downloading Big Files From Url With NodeJS

I'm trying to download a file (+200mb) from an url (that requires to be logged in) using the request module from nodejs but when it finishes the download the server starts to slow

Solution 1:

I ended up doing it like this, I've tested the code multiple times and the server didn't crash anymore:

var request = require('request');
var filed = require('filed');
var j = request.jar();
var request = request.defaults({ jar : j });

// make the request and login
request({
    url: "http://example.com/login",
    method:"POST",
    // 'u' and 'p' are the field names on the form
    form:{u:"username",p:"password"}
    }, function(error,response,body){
        setTimeout(function(){
            var downloadURL = 'http://example.com/download/file.zip';
            var downloadPath = "/path/to/download/localNameForFile.zip";

            var downloadFile = filed(downloadPath);
            var r = request(downloadURL).pipe(downloadFile);

            r.on('data', function(data) {
                console.log('binary data received');
            });
            downloadFile.on('end', function () {
                console.log(downloadPath, 'file downloaded to path');
            });

            downloadFile.on('error', function (err) {
                console.log(err, 'error downloading file');
            });
        },3000)
    }
);