Using Node v0.2.0 I am trying to fetch an image from a server, convert it into a base64 string and then embed it on the page in an image tag. I have the following code: var express = require('express'), request = require('request'), sys = require('sys'); var app = express.createServer( express.logger(), express.bodyDecoder() ); app.get('/', function(req, res){ if(req.param("url")) { var url = unes