Streaming a file from one node server to another

server.js

// transmitter.js

const http = require('http');
const fs = require('fs');

const requestOpts = {
  hostname: 'localhost',
  port: 1337,
  method: 'POST'
};

const readStream = fs.createReadStream('./s1/lorem.txt');
const request = http.request(requestOpts);

readStream.pipe(request);

request.on('response', ({ statusCode, statusMessage }) => {
  console.log(`${statusCode} ${statusMessage}`);
});


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// server.js

const http = require('http');
const fs = require('fs');

http.createServer((request, response) => {
  const writeStream = fs.createWriteStream('./s2/lorem.txt');

  request.pipe(writeStream);

  request.on('end', () => {
    writeStream.close();
    response.writeHead(200);
    response.end('OK');
  });
}).listen(1337, () => { console.log('Listening on port 1337') });