Node: Download something remote using request stream

node-download-remote.js

var fs = require('fs'),
    request = require('request');

module.exports = function (url, path, callback) {
  request({uri: url})
      .pipe(fs.createWriteStream(path))
      .on('error', function(err) {
        callback(err);
      })
      .on('close', function() {
        callback();
      });
}