This works for me:
var fs = require('fs');
var request = require('request');
var formData = {
method : 'POST',
url : 'http://127.0.0.1:3000',
json : true,
formData : { file : request(downloadUrl) }
};
request(formData, function(err, res, body){
if (err) throw err;
console.log("successful");
});