gistfile1.js

var sys = require('sys'),
    http = require('http');

    auctionSite = http.createClient(80, 'ws30.sync.skoreit.com');
    auctionRequest = auctionSite.request('POST', '/request.ashx?key=11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111&token=1284514994201', {
        'host': 'ws30.sync.skoreit.com',
        'Content-type': 'text/json; charset=utf-8'
    });
    handshakeJSON = [{"channel": "/meta/handshake", "id": 0, "supportedConnectionTypes": [ "long-polling", "callback-polling"], "version": "1.0"}];
    console.log(handshakeJSON);
    auctionRequest.write(handshakeJSON, encoding='utf8');
    auctionRequest.end();
    auctionRequest.on('response', function (response) {
        console.log('STATUS: ' + response.statusCode);
        console.log('HEADERS: ' + JSON.stringify(response.headers));
        response.setEncoding('utf8');
        response.on('data', function (chunk) {
        console.log('BODY: ' + chunk);
        });
    });