gistfile1.js

    var vids = _.keys(this.queue)

     for (i = 0;i<vids.length;i+= 50){

            options = { 
                host: 'www.googleapis.com',
                path: "/youtube/v3/videos?id=" 
                      + vids.slice(i,i+50).join(",")  
                      + "&part=statistics&fields=items&key=" 
                      + "AIzaSyBzaqm6tPr9knyq7uNYrEjIouMUvCave10" // api key
            }

            var queryResponse = ''

            https.get(options, function(response) {
                console.log("Got response: " + response.statusCode + "\2" + " : i = " + i)

                response.on('data', function(chunk){
                      queryResponse += chunk 
                }) 

                response.on('end', function(){
                      var results = JSON.parse(queryResponse)
                      console.log("\n"+results.items.length+" RESULTS PARSED FROM YOUTUBE\n") 
                })
            })
    }

})

var makerequest = function(options) {
https.get......

}