gistfile1.js

var fetchResource = function( resource_url, callback ){
	var parsed_url = url.parse( resource_url );
	var response = '';
	var req = http.request({
		host: parsed_url.host,
		hostname: parsed_url.hostname,
		port: 80,
		path: parsed_url.path,
		method: 'GET',
		rejectUnauthorized: false
	}, function( res ){
		res.on( 'error', callback );
		res.on( 'data', function( chunk ){
			response += chunk;
		});
		res.on( 'end', function(){
			callback( null, response.toString( 'UTF8' ) );
			req.end();
		});
	});
	req.on( 'error', callback );
	req.end();
};