gistfile1.js

var sys = require("sys"),
    http = require('http')
 
exports.getTweets = function(callBack) {
    var twitter = http.createClient(80, "www.twitter.com");
    var request = twitter.request("GET", "/statuses/friends_timeline.json",
                                  {"host": "www.twitter.com",
                                   "Authorization" : "Basic " + "xxx"});
 
    request.addListener('response', function (response) {
        var tweets = "";
 
        response.addListener("data", function (chunk) {
            tweets += chunk;
        });
 
        response.addListener("end", function() {
            callBack.call(this, tweets);
        });
    });
 
    request.close();
};