request.js/examples/follow-redirect.js

'use strict';

//var request = require('request-lite');
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
});