emitters/http

15.js

var req = http.request(options);

req.on('response', function(response) {

  response.on("data", function(data) {
    console.log("some data from the response", data);
  });
  response.on("end", function() {
    console.log("response ended");
  });

});

req.on('error', function(err) {
  console.error('request error:', err);
});

req.end();

Suppose you have a long data stream that comes back from a REST service response. Is the best thing to do is collect the chunked data on the data emitter and then do something with that chunk on the end emmitter, say as follows:

var fourSquareGet = {
    host: 'api.foursquare.com',
    port: 443,
    path: '/v2/venues/search?ll=33.88,-119.19&query=burger*',
    method: 'GET'
};
setInterval(function () {
    var reqGet = https.request(fourSquareGet, function (res) {
        var content;

        res.on('data', function (chunk) {
            content += chunk;
        });
        res.on('end', function () {
            // remove 'undefined that appears before JSON for some reason
            content = JSON.parse(content.substring(9, content.length));
            db.checkins.save(content.response.venues, function (err, saved) {
                if (err || !saved) throw err;
            });
            console.info("\nSaved from Foursquare\n");
        });
    });

    reqGet.end();
    reqGet.on('error', function (e) {
        console.error(e);
    });
}, 25000);