Requests an image as a buffer and resizes it.

request-resize-image.js

//request is the module we'll be using to make network calls.
//https://github.com/request/request
import request from "request"
import sharp from 'sharp'

function requestImage(imageUrl) {
  //add encoding:null to make sure we get a buffer instead of a string in body
  request({url: imageUrl, encoding:null}, (err, response, body)=>{
    const theImage = body;
    const resizedImage = sharp(theImage)
      .resize(500, 500)
      .max()
      .toBuffer();
    //send the image
  });
}