What is the equivalent of curl --upload-file in node-request - node.js

Question

I'm using node-request and trying to send a file to IBM's HDFS, as per this documentation.
Passing this JSON object to request successfully uploads:
var options = {
method: 'put',
body: 'foo',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/octet-stream',
'Transfer-Encoding': 'chunked'
}
};
And running this CURL command successfully uploads a file as well:
curl -v -X PUT -L -b cookie.jar "https://host:port/webhdfs/v1/tmp/myLargeFile.zip?op=CREATE&data=true" --header "Content-Type:application/octet-stream" --header "Transfer-Encoding:chunked" -T "file.txt"
However, trying to specify a file stream like so:
var options = {
method: 'put',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/octet-stream',
'Transfer-Encoding': 'chunked'
},
multipart : [
{ body: fs.createReadStream(localFile) }
]
};
fails, and I don't know where I'm going wrong. How do I reproduce the '--upload-file' argument from CURL using node-request?

Answer 1

I threw up an example on Github that works.
The gist is that you need to pipe the file into Request:
fs.createReadStream(filePath).pipe(request.put(putURL,options,function(err, httpsResponse, body){
if ( err ) {
console.log('err', err);
} else {
console.log(body);
}
}));
Still not sure how to pass in a file stream as an option in the options params but this will do for me!
-- UPDATE --
Wow, I feel like an absolute idiot. The option would be file. Yes, it's that simple.