client.js

var http = require('http'),
    sys = require('sys'),
    responseText = '';
    
var client = http.createClient(7080,'127.0.0.1');
var request = client.request("GET","/api/users.json",{"Accept": "*/*","Host":"127.0.0.1"});
request.on("response", function (r){
    r.setEncoding('utf8'); 
    sys.debug(r.statusCode);
    r.on("data", function (c){ 
        responseText += c; 
    }); 
    r.on("end", function(){
        sys.puts(responseText);
    });
});
request.end();

output

node.js:63
    throw e;
    ^
Error: Parse Error
    at Client.ondata (http:901:22)
    at IOWatcher.callback (net:494:29)
    at node.js:769:9

//Node version checked out from github today (0.2.1+)

server_handler.js

//server listening via app.listen(7080);

var couchdb = require('../couchdb'),
    base = require('../base'),
    us = require('underscore');

//handler goes through a connect/express router like this
//app.get("/api/users.:format", userList);

function userList(req, res, next){
    var config = req.app.set('sys config');
    var url = config.couchdb_server+"/"+config.couchdb+"/_design/player/_view/handles/";
    var creq = new couchdb.Request("GET", url, function (response){
        if(!response.error)
        {
            if (req.params.format == "json")
            {
                res.writeHead(200, {"Content-type": "application/json"});
                res.end(JSON.stringify(us._.map(response.rows, function (item){return item.key[1].toLowerCase();})), 'utf8');
            }
            else
            {
                next();
            }
        }
        else
        {
            next();
        }
    });
}