gistfile1.js

var sys = require("sys"),
   http = require("http");

var google = http.createClient(80, "www.google.com");
var request = google.request("GET", "/", {"host": "www.google.com"});

request.addListener('response', function (response) {
  response.setBodyEncoding("utf8");

  var body = '';
  response.addListener('data', function(chunk) {
    body += chunk;
  });

  response.addListener('end', function() {
    sys.puts('BODY: ' + body);
  });
});

request.close();