Gist 5c673a7db6d8612eda9dee50ff2e4b80

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Gist 5c673a7db6d8612eda9dee50ff2e4b80

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Created on Jul 26, 2016

This example demonstrates asynchronous file reading and HTTP request handling in Node.js. It shows how to extract the first line from a local file and retrieve the HTTP status code from a remote URL using two separate promise-based functions. The code uses Bluebird’s `Promise` constructor, Node’s `fs.readFile` API, and the `request` library for network requests. Each function returns a promise that resolves with the extracted data or rejects on error, illustrating a modular approach to handling I/O operations with promise chaining.

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