the simplest https request

client.js

var https = require('https');
https.get('https://registry.npmjs.org/', function responseHandler(res) {
  var response = '';
  res.on('data', function dataCallback(chunk) {
     response += chunk;
  });
  res.on('end', function endCallback() {
    var json = JSON.parse(response);
    console.log(json);
  });

}).on('error', function errorHandler(e) {
  console.error(e);
});