How to get data out of a Node.js http get request

Question

I\'m trying to get my function to return the http get request, however, whatever I do it seems to get lost in the ?scope?. I\'m quit new to Node.js so any help would be appr

Answer 1

from learnyounode:

var http = require('http')
var bl = require('bl')

http.get(process.argv[2], function (response) {
    response.pipe(bl(function (err, data) {
        if (err)
            return console.error(err)
        data = data.toString()
        console.log(data)
    }))
})