Node.js copy remote file to server

Question

Right now I\'m using this script in PHP. I pass it the image and size (large/medium/small) and if it\'s on my server it returns the link, otherwise it copies it from a remot

Answer 1

To give a more updated version (as the most recent answer is 4 years old, and http.createClient is now deprecated), here is a solution using the request method:

var fs = require('fs');
var request = require('request');
function getImage (img, size, filesize) {
    var imgPath = size + '/' + img + '.jpg';
    if (filesize) {
        return './images/' + imgPath;
    } else {
        request('http://www.othersite.com/images/' + imgPath).pipe(fs.createWriteStream('./images/' + imgPath))
        return './images/' + imgPath;
    }
}