npm install request-iconv

Or from source:

  git clone git://github.com/mikeal/request.git
  cd request
  npm link

Request is designed to be the simplest way possible to make http calls. It support HTTPS and follows redirects by default.

var request = require('request').set("Shift_JIS");

request('http://mysite', function (error, response, body) {
  if (!error && response.statusCode == 200) {
    console.log(body)
  }
})