Download an image from flickr with Node

node_getimage.js

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

var url = 'https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7484/15685407577_d19030d469_m.jpg';
var saveFile = 'test.jpg';

request.head(url, getImage);

function getImage(err, res, body) {
  var req  = request(url);
  var pipe = req.pipe(fs.createWriteStream(saveFile));
  pipe.on('close', finished);
}

function finished() {
  console.log('downloaded: ' + url + ' and saved as ' + saveFile);
}