Simple nodejs client with gzip support

request.js

#!/usr/local/bin/node

var HOST    = 'http://google.com',
	http    = require('http'),
	zlib    = require('zlib');


var request = function(path, callback) {
	var buffer = [];
	
	http.get(HOST + path, function(res) {
		var gunzip = zlib.createGunzip();            
        res.pipe(gunzip);

        gunzip.on('data', function(data) {
            // decompression chunk ready, add it to the buffer
            buffer.push(data.toString())
        }).on('end', function() {
            // response and decompression complete, join the buffer and return
            callback(buffer.join('')); 
        }).on('error', function(err) {
            callback(err);
        })
	}).on('error', function(err) {
		console.log(err);
	});	
};


request('/', function(data) {
	//working with plain data
});