Simple Buffer collector example

index.js

var http = require('http');

var url = process.argv[2];

http.get(url, function (res) {
  //res.setEncoding('utf-8');
  
  var bufs;
  
  res.on('data', function (buf) {
    bufs = (!bufs)
      ? bufs = buf
      : bufs += buf;
  });
  
  res.on('end', function () {
    var data =  bufs.toString();
    console.log(data.length);
    console.log(data);
  })
});