server.js

client.js

var http = require('http');

var requestDataString = '';
var requestOptions = {
	hostname: "127.0.0.1",
	port: 8888,
	path: "/",
	method: "GET"
};
var req = http.request(requestOptions, function(res) {
	console.log("Status Code:", res.statuScode);
	console.log("Headers:", res.headers);

	res.on('data', function(chunkBuffer) {
		console.log("Got chunk of data:", chunkBuffer.toString());
		requestDataString += chunkBuffer.toString();
	});

	res.on('end', function() {
		console.log("All data received:", requestDataString);
	});
});
req.end();

req.on('error', function(err) {
	console.error("ERROR!");
	console.error(err);
});

gistfile1.js

var http = require('http');

http.createServer(function (req, res) {
	console.log("Request received.  Saying hello...");
    res.writeHead(200, {
    	'Content-Type': 'text/plain',
    	'Content-Disposition': 'attachment; filename="hello.txt"'
    });
    res.end('Hello World\n');
}).listen(8888, '127.0.0.1');
console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:1337/');