get-response.js

/* For Node.js - deal with some of the boilerplate involved in HTTP GET requests */

var http = require('http'),
    urlmod = require('url');

function getResponse(url, callback) {
    var parsed = urlmod.parse(url);
    var port = parseInt(parsed.port || '80', 10);
    var client = http.createClient(port, parsed.hostname);
    var path = parsed.pathname;
    if (parsed.search) {
        path += '?' + parsed.search;
    }
    var request = client.request('GET', path, {'host': parsed.hostname});
    request.addListener('response', callback);
    request.end();
}