Send Request function uses the CURL command line tool

curl_request_wrapper.js

// http://zurb.com/forrst/posts/Alternative_HTTP_Request_method_for_Node_js_usin-Jek
/**
 * Send Request
 *
 * Send Request function uses the CURL command line tool
 * rather than Node's built-in HTTP functions because
 * it makes specifiying a proxy connection much easier
 */
function send_request(opts, callback) {
	var curl = spawn('curl', ['--proxy', 'myproxy.com:1234', '-s', '-S', opts.uri]),
	data = '',
	err  = null;
 
	curl.stdout.on('data', function(chunk) {
	    data += chunk;
	});
 
	curl.stderr.on('data', function(err_msg) {
	    if (err === null) { err = ''; }
		err += err_msg;
	});
 
	curl.on('exit', function(exit_code) {
	    callback(err, err, data);
	});
}