How can i transfer my res.data to Uint8Array

[broairport]

I use axios to get data from my backend . I print it out using console.log() ,it's an object.I can download it by using "new blob([res.data])" But when i try to use StreamSaver to download it.i just don't know how can i convert my res.data into Uint8Array. I've tried to use "new Uint8Array(res.data)" to get Uint8Array but it's empty . By the way i set responseType as "blob"

[jimmywarting]

I would recommend against using axios...

why?

• b/c axios uses XMLHttpRequest to get data. (ref)
• xhr don't support streaming.
• axios weighs as much as 6.2 kB when minified
• axios don't work within web workers either...
• when you are using xhr to fetch data then you download everything into memory.
  • you might just as well just use filesaver.js to this end.
• using xhr beats the whole purpose of using streamsaver as it's meant to save you from allocating everything into memory.

only fetch supports streaming...

fetch(url).then(res => {
  res.body.pipeTo(destination)
})