Downloading with node modifies excel files and causes data loss - node.js

Question

I am trying to create a script in node.js which will download an excel file. My code is built upon first making an http.get request to the URL and then write to a file using response.pipe and createWriteStream. My code is as follows:
const fs = require("fs");
const http = require("http");
let url = "http://www.functionalglycomics.org:80/glycomics/HFileServlet?operation=downloadRawFile&fileType=DAT&sideMenu=no&objId=1002183";
http.get(url, response => {
let file = fs.createWriteStream('file.xls');
let stream = response.pipe(file);
})
If you download the following file using Firefox the file downloads appropriately and if you open the file it works fine and excel does not give any errors.
http://www.functionalglycomics.org:80/glycomics/HFileServlet?operation=downloadRawFile&fileType=DAT&sideMenu=no&objId=1002183
Note- the download link above will not work with Chrome due to this issue with the filename containing , in filename. Therefore I cannot use puppeteer for this.
However if I use my script above and download the file and try to open it in excel it gives me an error stating "data may have been lost" 5 times but then eventually still opens the file.
My question is therefore, what is causing this data loss when downloading using nodejs?
Update
Some data about versions:
Node:v12.13.1
Excel: Office 2019
OS: Windows 10 latest
Update 2
Based on the comments below from jarmod, I tried using wget on Windows PowerShell. It downloads the file too but also produces the excel error.

Answer 1

I posted this as an issue on the node.js github. #Hakerh400 provided a good description of what is happening there but briefly, on Windows NTFS file system there is something called ADS (Alternate-Data Streams) which keeps track of which files are downloaded from the internet to prompt security concerns. You can read more about it in #Hakerh400 comment here.
The workaround proposed is to add this Zone.Identifier ADS to the file after the download is complete using the following example:
http.get(url, response => {
let file = fs.createWriteStream('file.xls');
let stream = response.pipe(file);
fs.writeFileSync(
'file.xls:Zone.Identifier',
`[ZoneTransfer]\r\nZoneId=3\r\nHostUrl=${url}`,
);
})
Note- This workaround allows you to open the Excel file in "Protected View" without any concerns. However if you click on "Enable Editing" in the security prompt in Excel, the "File Error: data may have been lost" error still pops up (Excel 2019). However, there is no real data loss in terms of the sheets/data in cells.
I hope this answer helps anyone who faces anything similar.