mr.js

// mr.js -- very small request maker

var http   = require('http')
  , https  = require('https')
  , url    = require('url')

var mr = module.exports = function mr (uri, callback) {
  uri = typeof(uri) === 'string' ? url.parse(uri, true) : uri;
  uri.method = uri.method || 'GET';
  uri.headers = { host : uri.host, accept : 'text/html' };
  
  var req = (uri.protocol === 'http:' ? http : https).request(uri, function(res) {
    var chunks = [];
    res.on('data',  [].push.bind(chunks));
    res.on('end',   function () { callback(null, Buffer.concat(chunks)); });
    res.on('error', callback);
  });
  
  uri.body && req.write(uri.body);
  req.end();
};

mr('http://www.google.com/', function(err, body) {
  console.log(err, body.toString());
});