request.js

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

function GET(path, cb) {
    var url = url.parse(path),
        data = ''; 
    http.get({
        host: url.hostname,
        port: url.port,
        path: url.pathname
    }, function (resp) {
        resp.on('data', function (chunk) {
            data += chunk;
        }); 
        resp.on('end', function () {
            cb(data);
        }); 
    }); 
}