how to get cookies from https server and save them

I'm studying node.js and trying to implement the following task:

1. I have to get connection to existing https - for this purpose I decided to choose needle module:

   needle.post('https://...', data, options, function (err, res, body){ });
   

2. I need to send a request to server as json object using these parameters:

   {"action": "AuthenticationManagement", "method":"login", "data": [null, null], "type": "rpc", "tid": 1}
   

   As I understand it, these parameters should be sent in terms of data within needle.post.

3. In case I have connected to the server, I need to get cookies from it (sessionID parameter, etc) and save it to file/keep it in memory during my further operations with server. Looks like, cookies should be sent back in res.headers.

4. Properly end the session.

Any help will be much appreciated.