simple wget for node.js

wget.js

require('http');

function wget(host, path, https, callback) {
   var port = (https) ? 443 : 80,
      client = http.createClient(port, host, https),
      request = client.request('get', path, {
         'host': host
      }),
      response_body = '';

   request.end();
   request.on('response', function(response) {
      response.on('data', function(chunk) {
         response_body += chunk;
      });
      response.on('end', function() {
         callback(response_body);
      });
   });
}

wget('github.com', '/flyworld.atom', true, function (atom) {
   console.log(atom);
});