App.get //basic ajax request.

App.get.js

App= {
	/*
	config= {
		options:{
			host: 'ichart.yahoo.com',
			path: '/table.csv?s=GOOG&a=01&b=1&c=2013'
		},
		success: function(json){},
		error: function(error){}
	}
	*/
	//general api to get this and that
	get: function(config){
		var _callback = function(response) {
		  var str = '';
		  //another chunk of data has been recieved, so append it to `str`
		  response.on('data', function (chunk) {
		    str += chunk;
		  });
		  response.on('error', function(error){
			  if(config.error && typeof(config.error) == "function"){
				  config.error(error);
			  }
		  });
		  //the whole response has been recieved
		  response.on('end', function () {
	
			  if(config.success && typeof(config.success) == 'function'){
				  config.success(str);
			  }
		  });
		 }
		http.request(config.options, _callback).end();		
	},
	apiResponse: function(res,data,format) {
		
		if (!format || format=='json') {
			res.json({
				status:'ok',
				response: data
			});
		} else if (format=='jsonp') {
			res.jsonp({
				status:'ok',
				response: data
			});
		}	
	},
	error: function(res,message) {
		console.log('!!!! ERROR !!!! ' + message);
		//				res.send(500,message);
		var obj ={};
		if (typeof(message)=='string') {
			obj = {message: message};
		} else {
			obj = message;
		}
		
		res.json(
			{
				status:'error',
				error: obj
			});
	}
}