NodeJS: sending/uploading a local file to a remote server - node.js

Question

I have used the Winston module to create a daily log file for my offline app. I now need to be able to send or upload that file to a remote server via POST (that part already exists)
I know I need to write the file in chunks so it doesn't hog the memory so I'm using fs.createReadStream however I seem to only get a 503 response, even if sending just sample text.
EDIT
I worked out that the receiver was expecting the data to be named 'data'. I have removed the createReadSteam as I could only get it to work with 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' and a synchronous fs.readFileSync. If I change this to 'multipart/form-data' on the php server would I be able to use createReadStream again, or is that only if I change to physically uploading the json file.
I've only been learning node for the past couple of weeks so any pointers would be gratefully received.
var http = require('http'),
fs = require('fs');
var post_options = {
host: 'logger.mysite.co.uk',
path: '/',
port: 80,
timeout: 120000,
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
}
}
var sender = http.request(post_options, function(res) {
if (res.statusCode < 399) {
var text = ""
res.on('data', function(chunk) {
text += chunk
})
res.on('end', function(data) {
console.log(text)
})
} else {
console.log("ERROR", res.statusCode)
}
})
var POST_DATA = 'data={['
POST_DATA += fs.readFileSync('./path/file.log').toString().replace(/\,+$/,'')
POST_DATA += ']}'
console.log(POST_DATA)
sender.write(POST_DATA)
sender.end()

Answer 1

After gazillion of trial-failure this worked for me. Using FormData with node-fetch. Oh, and request deprecated two days ago, btw.
const FormData = require('form-data');
const fetch = require('node-fetch');
function uploadImage(imageBuffer) {
const form = new FormData();
form.append('file', imageBuffer, {
contentType: 'image/jpeg',
filename: 'dummy.jpg',
});
return fetch(`myserver.cz/upload`, { method: 'POST', body: form })
};
In place of imageBuffer there can be numerous things. I had a buffer containing the image, but you can also pass the result of fs.createReadStream('/foo/bar.jpg') to upload a file from drive.

Answer 2

copied from https://github.com/mikeal/request#forms
var r = request.post('http://service.com/upload', function optionalCallback (err, httpResponse, body) {
if (err) {
return console.error('upload failed:', err);
}
console.log('Upload successful! Server responded with:', body);
})
var form = r.form()
form.append('my_field1', 'my_value23_321')
form.append('my_field2', '123123sdas')
form.append('my_file', fs.createReadStream(path.join(__dirname, 'doodle.png')))

Answer 3

Have a look at the request module.
It will provide you the ability to stream a file to POST requests.