nodejs to submit a http request

server.js

require('http');

function wget (host, path, https, callback) {
   var port = (https)? 443: 80, 
      client = http.createClient(port, host, https),
      request = client.request('get', path, { 'host': host }),
      response_body = [];

   request.end();
   request.on('response', function (response) {
      response.on('data', function (chunk) {
         response_body.push(chunk);
      });
      response.on('end', function () {
         callback(response_body.join(""));
      });
   });
}

wget('github.com', '/xonecas.atom', true, function (atom) {
   console.log(atom);
});