httpclient.js

#! /usr/bin/env node

var http = require('http');
var querystring = require('querystring');

function queryAnswer(str) {
  var options = {
    host: 'spacetalky.textfile.org',
    method: 'GET'};

  var path = '/api.cgi?' + querystring.stringify({input: str});

  options.path = path;

  var req = http.request(options, function (res) {
    var data = '';
    res.on('data', function (chunk) {
      data += chunk;
    });
    res.on('end', function () {
      console.log(data);
    });
  }); 
  req.end();
}