latchhttp.js

    var options = {
        'hostname': config.API_HOST.hostname,
        'port':     config.API_HOST.port,
        'path':     queryString,
        'method':   HTTPMethod,
        'headers':  headers,
        'protocol': config.API_HOST.protocol
    };
    
    var latchResponse = '';

    var req = (options.protocol == 'http:' ? http : https).request(options, function(res) {
        res.setEncoding('utf8');
        res.on('data', function (chunk) {
            latchResponse += chunk;
        });
        res.on('end', function() {
            try {
                var jsonresponse = JSON.parse(latchResponse);
            } catch (e) {
                next(new Error('problem with JSON parse: ' + e.message));
            }
            
            next(null, jsonresponse);
        });
    });

    req.on('error', function(e) {
        next(new Error('problem with request: ' + e.message));
    });

    req.end();
}