Ignore invalid self-signed ssl certificate in node.js with https.request?

I'm working on a little app that logs into my local wireless router (Linksys) but I'm running into a problem with the router's self-signed ssl certificate.

I ran wget 192.168.1.1 and get:

ERROR: cannot verify 192.168.1.1's certificate, issued by `/C=US/ST=California/L=Irvine/O=Cisco-Linksys, LLC/OU=Division/CN=Linksys/emailAddress=support@linksys.com':
Self-signed certificate encountered.
ERROR: certificate common name `Linksys' doesn't match requested host name `192.168.1.1'.
To connect to 192.168.1.1 insecurely, use `--no-check-certificate'.

In node, the error being caught is:

{ [Error: socket hang up] code: 'ECONNRESET' }

My current sample code is:

var req = https.request({ 
    host: '192.168.1.1', 
    port: 443,
    path: '/',
    method: 'GET'

}, function(res){

    var body = [];
    res.on('data', function(data){
        body.push(data);
    });

    res.on('end', function(){
        console.log( body.join('') );
    });

});
req.end();

req.on('error', function(err){
    console.log(err);
});

How can I go about getting node.js to do the equivalent of "--no-check-certificate"?

Add

process.env.NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED = "0";

in code, before calling https.request()

In your request options, try including the following:

   var req = https.request({ 
      host: '192.168.1.1', 
      port: 443,
      path: '/',
      method: 'GET',
      rejectUnauthorized: false,
      requestCert: true,
      agent: false
    },

Add the following environment variable:

NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED=0

e.g. with export:

export NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED=0

(with great thanks to Juanra)

Or you can try to add in local name resolution (hosts file found in the directory etc in most operating systems, details differ) something like this:

192.168.1.1 Linksys

and next

var req = https.request({ 
    host: 'Linksys', 
    port: 443,
    path: '/',
    method: 'GET'
...

will work.