DemographicAPI.js

var request = require('request')

exports.loadData = function(query,callback) {
	
	var _demoRequest = { 
		url : 'http://www.broadbandmap.gov/broadbandmap/demographic/dec2012/county/ids/17081', 
		qs : {format : 'json'}
		}
	
	return request.get(_demoRequest,callback)
}

someController.js

//this pipes the data right back to client

stream : function(req,res){


 	DemographicAPI.loadData(req.query).pipe(res)


 },
 
 //passing in the callback lets you mess with the data before returning it.
 process : function(req,res){


 	DemographicAPI.loadData(req.query,function(err,resp,data){

		var demoData = JSON.parse(resp.body)

		res.json(demoData.Results)

 	})




 }