async function acquireNode()

in sample.ts [170:207]


async function acquireNode(version: string): Promise<string> {
    //
    // Download - a tool installer intimately knows how to get the tool (and construct urls)
    //
    version = toolLib.cleanVersion(version);
    let fileName: string = osPlat == 'win32'? 'node-v' + version + '-win-' + os.arch() :
                                                'node-v' + version + '-' + osPlat + '-' + os.arch();  
    let urlFileName: string = osPlat == 'win32'? fileName + '.7z':
                                                    fileName + '.tar.gz';  

    let downloadUrl = 'https://nodejs.org/dist/v' + version + '/' + urlFileName;

    let downloadPath: string = await toolLib.downloadTool(downloadUrl);

    //
    // Extract
    //
    let extPath: string;
    if (osPlat == 'win32') {
        taskLib.assertAgent('2.115.0');
        extPath = taskLib.getVariable('Agent.TempDirectory');
        if (!extPath) {
            throw new Error('Expected Agent.TempDirectory to be set');
        }

        extPath = path.join(extPath, 'n'); // use as short a path as possible due to nested node_modules folders
        extPath = await toolLib.extract7z(downloadPath, extPath);
    }
    else {
        extPath = await toolLib.extractTar(downloadPath);
    }

    //
    // Install into the local tool cache - node extracts with a root folder that matches the fileName downloaded
    //
    let toolRoot = path.join(extPath, fileName);
    return await toolLib.cacheDir(toolRoot, 'node', version);
}