How to close connection for Node.js http.createClient?

Question

Is there something like

remote_client.close()

or

request.close()

for closing the http.createClient connection?

It seems like in some occasions, the socket connection is still hanging there after the "response" event is emitted and properly handled.

Answer 1

Upgrade to the latest version of node.js (0.4.8).

The syntax for creating clients has changed. You now have

http.request

Which returns a ClientRequest which you can .end and it gives you a ClientResponse in the callback.

The ClientReponse is just a Readable Stream and you can .destroy a stream