savetodisk.js

// Example use of simplecrawler, courtesy of @breck7! Thanks mate. :)

/**
 * @param String. Domain to download.
 * @Param Function. Callback when crawl is complete.
 */
var downloadSite = function(initialURL, callback) {
    var fs = require("node-fs"),
        url = require("url"),
        path = require("path"),
        Crawler = require("simplecrawler").Crawler;

    var myCrawler = new Crawler(initialURL),
        domain = url.parse(initialURL).hostname;

    myCrawler.interval = 250;
    myCrawler.maxConcurrency = 5;

    myCrawler.on("fetchcomplete", function(queueItem, responseBuffer, response) {

        // Parse url
        var parsed = url.parse(queueItem.url);

        // Rename / to index.html
        if (parsed.pathname === "/") {
            parsed.pathname = "/index.html";
        }

        // Where to save downloaded data
        var outputDirectory = path.join(__dirname, domain);

        // Get directory name in order to create any nested dirs
        var dirname = outputDirectory + parsed.pathname.replace(/\/[^/]+$/, "");

        // Path to save file
        var filepath = outputDirectory + parsed.pathname;

        // Check if DIR exists
        fs.exists(dirname, function(exists) {

            // If DIR exists, write file
            if (exists) {
                fs.writeFile(filepath, responseBuffer, function() {});
            } else {
                // Else, recursively create dir using node-fs, then write file
                fs.mkdir(dirname, 0755, true, function() {
                    fs.writeFile(filepath, responseBuffer, function() {});
                });
            }

        });

        console.log("I just received %s (%d bytes)", queueItem.url, responseBuffer.length);
        console.log("It was a resource of type %s", response.headers["content-type"]);

    });

    // Fire callback
    myCrawler.on("complete", function() {
        callback();
    });

    // Start Crawl
    myCrawler.start();

};

if (process.argv.length < 3) {
    console.log("Usage: node savetodisk.js mysite.com");
    process.exit(1);
}

downloadSite(process.argv[2], function() {
    console.log("Done!");
});