gistfile1.txt

var http = require('http'),
	Iconv = require('iconv').Iconv;

function wget (host, path,  callback,encoding /* optional */) {
	var iconv = null;
	if (encoding){
		iconv = new Iconv(encoding,'UTF-8//TRANSLIT//IGNORE');
	}

	var options = {
	  host: host,
	  port: 80,
	  path: path,
	  method: 'GET',

	};
	var req = http.request(options, function(res) {
	  //console.log('STATUS: ' + res.statusCode);
	  //console.log('HEADERS: ' + JSON.stringify(res.headers));
	  var result = [];
	  res.on('data', function (chunk) {
	  	if (iconv){
	    	result.push(iconv.convert(new Buffer(chunk)));
		}else{
			result.push(chunk);
		}

	  });
	  res.on('end', function (){
		callback(result.join(""));
	  });
	});
	req.setTimeout(2000);
	req.on('error', function(e) {
	  console.log('problem with request: ' + e.message);
	});
	req.end();
}