How to convert the string type from an API response to an image file - ����\u0000\u0010JFIF\u0000\u0001\u0001\u0000\u0000\u0001 -

You can do this by streaming the response like this,

request(options,(err,res,body)=>{
  console.log('Done!');
}).pipe(fs.createWriteStream('./profile.jpg'));

https://www.npmjs.com/package/request#streaming

https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_class_fs_writestream