curl to a unix socket. No external dependencies. tested on Nodejs 0.8 & 0.10

curlsocket.js

var http = require('http');
if (process.argv.length <= 3) {
  console.error('USAGE: node curlsocket.js /path/to/unix.sock /request/path');
  process.exit();
}

var options = {
    method: 'GET',
    hostname: 'localhost',
    socketPath: process.argv[2],
    path: process.argv[3] || '/'
};

console.log(options);

var serverReply = '';
var callback = function (response) {
  var serverReply = '';

  console.log("\nHEADERS:");
  Object.keys(response.headers).forEach(function(k) {
    console.log(k + ': ' + response.headers[k]);
  });

  response.on('data', function(chunk) {
    serverReply += chunk;
  });

  response.on('end', function () {
    console.log("\nRESPONSE:");
    console.log(serverReply);
  });

}