sixtus

var http = require('http');
var client = http.createClient(81, 'localhost');
var request = client.request('GET', '/');
request.end();
request.on('response', function (response) {
  console.log('STATUS: ' + response.statusCode);
  console.log('HEADERS: ' + JSON.stringify(response.headers));
  response.setEncoding('utf8');
  response.on('data', function (chunk) {
    console.log('BODY: ' + chunk);

sixtus

task :populate_db do
    begin
        require 'rubygems'
        require 'json'
        require 'couchrest'
    rescue
        puts "Ruby gems missing, trying to install with sudo rights"
        sh 'sudo gem install json couchrest'
        retry
    end