HTTP client that POSTs arbitrarily large bodies.

infiniteClient.js

var fs = require('fs');

var reqSize = process.env.REQSIZE || ('' + 1024*1024*1024);
reqSize = parseInt(reqSize);


var genericBlob = (new Array(10240 + 1)).join('0123456789');

//Client part.
function runClient() {
  var bytesSent = 0;
  req = https.request({
//    host: 'localhost',
    host: '201.0.224.1',
    port: 443,
    method: 'POST',
    path: '/',
    rejectUnauthorized: false,
  }, function (res) {
    var body = '';
    res.on('data', function (d) {
      body += d;
    }).on('end', function () {
      console.log('Request got response: ' + body);
    });
  });
  function sendMoreStuffIfNeeded() {
    if (bytesSent >= reqSize) {
      console.log('Request done, bytesSent: ', bytesSent);
      req.end();
      return;
    }
    var didDrain = req.write(genericBlob);
    if (didDrain) {
      process.nextTick(sendMoreStuffIfNeeded);
    } else {
      req.once('drain', sendMoreStuffIfNeeded);
    }
    bytesSent += genericBlob.length;
  }
  sendMoreStuffIfNeeded();
}

runClient();


//Server part.
/*
var cert = fs.readFileSync('/path/to/cert'),
    key = fs.readFileSync('/path/to/key');
var port;
var server = https.createServer({
  key: key,
  cert: cert,
}, function (req, res) {
  var reqSize = 0;
  req.on('data', function (d) {
    //console.log('Server got a data chunk of %d bytes', d.length);
    reqSize += d.length;
  });
  req.on('end', function () {
    var body = 'Request done, ' + reqSize + ' bytes total';
    console.log(body);
    res.writeHead(
      200,
      { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain',
        'Content-Length': body.length });
    res.end(body);
  });
}).listen(0, function () {
  port = server.address().port;
  console.log('Listening on port %d', port);
  runClient();
});
*/

This will send your REQSIZE rounded up to the nearest 10KiB.