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Hey guys! I have a problem that I need some help with. I am receiving a JSON object which includes a  media link(URL). I need to create a file in the filing cabinet by only using that URL. Not seeing this in the File Module Docs. Am I missing anything?

your best hope is to use N/https to get the file and hope the media server is nice enough to have a content type that netsuite can interpret as base 64

save the body of the response in a file and hope for the best

Try this:
var response = https.get({
              url: '<https://yoururl.com>'
            });

Use response.body as the contents when you're creating the file.