Even when you don't care about a stream's data, you need to make sure it's produced.

gistfile1.js

var https = require('https')

https.get('https://medium.com', function (res) {
  res.on('end', function () {
    console.log('You will never see this')
  })
})

https.get('https://medium.com', function (res) {
  // This sets the stream to flowing mode and makes sure it gets through all of its
  // data so that you get an end event.
  res.on('data', function () {})
  res.on('end', function () {
    console.log('You *will* see this')
  })
})