vertx-http-client.js

var ShellService = require("vertx-shell-js/shell_service");
var CommandBuilder = require("vertx-shell-js/command_builder");
var CommandRegistry = require("vertx-shell-js/command_registry");

var service = ShellService.create(vertx, {
  "telnetOptions" : {
    "host" : "localhost",
    "port" : 5000
  }
});
service.start();

var client = vertx.createHttpClient();


var builder = CommandBuilder.command("http-client");
builder.processHandler(function (process) {

  // Check the url argument
  if (process.args().length < 1) {
    process.write("Missing URL\n").end();
	return;
  }
  var url = process.args()[0];
  
  // Create the client request
  var request = client.getAbs(url, function(response) {
	  
	// Print the response in the shell console
    response.handler(function(buffer) {
      process.write(buffer.toString("UTF-8"));
    });
	
	// End the command when the response ends
    response.endHandler(function() {
      process.end();
    });
  });
  
  // Set a request handler to end the command with error
  request.exceptionHandler(function(err) {
    process.write("Error: " + err.getMessage());
	process.end();
  });
  
  // End the http request
  request.end();

});

// Register the command
var registry = CommandRegistry.getShared(vertx);
registry.registerCommand(builder.build(vertx));