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Expand Up @@ -464,7 +464,12 @@ Node.js maintains several connections per server to make HTTP requests.
This function allows one to transparently issue requests.

`options` can be an object or a string. If `options` is a string, it is
automatically parsed with [url.parse()][].
automatically parsed with [url.parse()][] and it must be a valid complete URL,
including protocol and complete domain name or IP address.

**Note**: If the passed string is not in the valid URL format, then the
connection will be established to the default domain name, localhost, and on
the default port, 80. *This will be fixed soon.*

Options:

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## http.get(options[, callback])

Since most requests are GET requests without bodies, Node.js provides this
convenience method. The only difference between this method and `http.request()`
convenience method. The only difference between this method and [http.request][]
is that it sets the method to GET and calls `req.end()` automatically.

Example:
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