request.js/examples/follow-redirect.js

'use strict';

//var request = require('urequest');
var request = require('../');

// will redirect to https://www.github.com and then https://github.com
//request('http://www.github.com', function (error, response, body) {
request(
    { uri: { protocol: 'http:', hostname: 'www.github.com' } },
    function (error, response, body) {
        if (error) {
            console.log('error:', error); // Print the error if one occurred
            return;
        }
        console.log('statusCode:', response.statusCode); // The final statusCode
        console.log('Final href:', response.request.uri.href); // The final URI
        console.log('Body Length:', body.length); // body length
    }
);