read http response on localhost:3000

read_api.js

var http = require('http');

var options = {
  hostname: 'localhost',
  port: '3000',
  path: '/'
};

callback = function(response) {
  var str = '';

  // another chunk of data has been recieved, so append it to `str`
  response.on('data', function (chunk) {
    str += chunk;
  });

  // the whole response has been recieved, so we just print it out here
  response.on('end', function () {
    console.log(str);
  });
}

var req = http.request(options, callback);

req.on('error', function(e) {
  console.log('problem with request: ' + e.message);
});

req.end();