Simple HTTP Request in NodeJS

node-httprequest

getRequest: (callback) ->
    options =  {
      host: config.host or 'yourserver'
      port: config.port or 80
      path: config.path or '/api/'
      method: config.method or 'GET'
    
    tmp = []  # Russ at the NYC NodeJS Meetup said array push is faster

    http.request _options, (res) ->
      res.setEncoding 'utf8'

      res.on 'data', (chunk) ->
        tmp.push chunk  # Throw the chunk into the array

      res.on 'end', (e) ->
        body = tmp.join('')
        callback body # Just spit back the body, no headers!
    .end()