Node.js request directly to URL with options (http or https) -

i think i'm missing http , https requests

i have variable contains url, example:

http(s)://website.com/a/b/file.html

i know if there's easy way make request uri data

to make http(s)request, here's have now:

test if url http or https make appropriate request
remove http(s):// part , put result in variable (if specify http or https in hostname, error)
separate hostname path: website.com , `/a/b/file.html
put variables in options objects

is must or easier solutions don't involve getting out hostname , path, , testing if site in http or https ?

edit: can't use http.get need put specific options

in order components out of url need parse it. node v0.10.13 has stable module it: url.parse

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