gistfile1.js

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

function requestGoogle(callback) {
  var google = http.createClient(80, 'www.google.com');
  var request = google.request('GET', '/', {'host': 'www.google.com'});
  
  request.addListener('response', function (response) {
    var data = "";
    response.addListener('data', function (chunk) {
      data += chunk;
      sys.puys('Data received.');
    });
    response.addListener('end', function (chunk) {
      sys.puts('Response ended.');
      if (callback != undefined) callback(data);
    });
  });

  request.end();
}

// Example usage:

requestGoogle(function(data) {
  sys.puts('Result is ' + data);
});