How to download a file with node.js using https?

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

const fileUrl = 'https://example.com/file-to-download.extension';
const destinationPath = 'downloaded-file.extension';

const file = fs.createWriteStream(destinationPath);

https.get(fileUrl, function(response) {
  response.pipe(file);
  file.on('finish', function() {
    file.close(() => {
      console.log('File downloaded successfully!');
    });
  });
}).on('error', function(err) {
  fs.unlink(destinationPath);
  console.error(err);
});