gistfile1.txt

const fs = require('fs');
const qs = require('querystring');
const https = require('https');

const query = {
  key: fs.readFileSync('/home/jcreed/private/maps-api2', 'utf8').replace(/\n/g, ''),
  input: "chipotle",
  inputtype: "textquery",
  fields: "formatted_address,name",
  location: "40.7831,-73.9712", // manhattan
  radius: 10000
};

const url = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/nearbysearch/json?" + qs.encode(query);
console.error(url);

https.get(url, (response) => {
  let body = '';
  response.on('data', (chunk) => {
    body += chunk;
  });
  response.on('end', () => {
	 console.log(body);
  });
}).on('error', function(e) {
  console.log("Got error: " + e.message);
});