#!/usr/bin/env node var http = require("http"); http.get( { host: 'api.twitter.com', path: '/1/users/lookup.json?screen_name=spline' }, function (res) { var data = ''; res.setEncoding('utf8'); res.on('data', function (chunk) { data = data + chunk; }); res.on('end', function () { data = JSON.parse(data); if (data.errors) { console.log('User not found!'); } }); } );