upload a file, and dump the response into a file.

file-http-with-stat.js

var fs = require("fs")
  , http = require("http")
  , util = require("sys") // 0.3.x: require("util")
  , fileToUpload = "/tmp/request"
  , fileToDownload = "/tmp/response"
  , server = "example.com"
  , port = 80
  , path = "/upload/target"
  , method = "PUT"
  , headers = { "content-type":"text/plain", "accept":"text/html" }
  , client = http.createClient(port, server)
  , request

fs.stat(fileToUpload, function (er, stat) {
  if (er) throw er
  headers["content-length"] = stat.size
  request = client.request(method, path, headers)
  util.pump(fs.createReadStream(fileToUpload), request)
  // 0.3.x: fs.createReadStream(fileToUpload).pipe(request)
  request.on("response", function (response) {
    console.log(response.statusCode)
    console.log(response.headers)
    util.pump(response, fs.createWriteStream(fileToDownload))
    // 0.3.x: response.pipe(fs.createWriteStream(fileToDownload))
  })
})

file-http.js

var fs = require("fs")
  , http = require("http")
  , util = require("sys") // 0.3.x: require("util")
  , fileToUpload = "/tmp/request"
  , fileToDownload = "/tmp/response"
  , server = "example.com"
  , port = 80
  , path = "/upload/target"
  , method = "PUT"
  , headers = { "content-type":"text/plain", "accept":"text/html" }
  , client = http.createClient(port, server)
  , request = client.request(method, path, headers)

util.pump(fs.createReadStream(fileToUpload), request)
// 0.3.x: fs.createReadStream(fileToUpload).pipe(request)
request.on("response", function (response) {
  console.log(response.statusCode)
  console.log(response.headers)
  util.pump(response, fs.createWriteStream(fileToDownload))
  // 0.3.x: response.pipe(fs.createWriteStream(fileToDownload))
})