1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/server/helpers/requests.ts b/server/helpers/requests.ts
index 8c4c983f7..31cedd768 100644
--- a/server/helpers/requests.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/requests.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
 import { PodInstance } from '../models'
 import { PodSignature } from '../../shared'
 import { signObject } from './peertube-crypto'
+import { createWriteStream } from 'fs'
 
 function doRequest (requestOptions: request.CoreOptions & request.UriOptions) {
   return new Promise<{ response: request.RequestResponse, body: any }>((res, rej) => {
@@ -17,6 +18,15 @@ function doRequest (requestOptions: request.CoreOptions & request.UriOptions) {
   })
 }
 
+function doRequestAndSaveToFile (requestOptions: request.CoreOptions & request.UriOptions, destPath: string) {
+  return new Promise<request.RequestResponse>((res, rej) => {
+    request(requestOptions)
+      .on('response', response => res(response as request.RequestResponse))
+      .on('error', err => rej(err))
+      .pipe(createWriteStream(destPath))
+  })
+}
+
 type MakeRetryRequestParams = {
   url: string,
   method: 'GET' | 'POST',
@@ -88,6 +98,7 @@ function makeSecureRequest (params: MakeSecureRequestParams) {
 
 export {
   doRequest,
+  doRequestAndSaveToFile,
   makeRetryRequest,
   makeSecureRequest
 }