Reading the complete content of an HTTP GET request

Espruino's HTTP GET does close the socket right after requesting a page (it tests via content length)... Adding the ability to leave the socket open to request more stuff just seemed like overkill.

Can you not just do:

var data = "";
response.on("data", function(d) {
   data+=d;
});
response.on("close", function() {
   print("Available = " + data);
});

That's what is shown in all the examples...

But you're saying that if you don't have a data handler, you don't get close called? That could be a bug.

Thing is, even if it worked, doing what you're doing would be a really bad idea - so as not to fill up Espruino's memory if you're not reading data, serial/sockets/etc only buffer ~500 bytes worth of data, and chuck away the rest. You're best off having a data handler, and manually saving away the data as it arrives.