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Expand Up @@ -2720,7 +2720,7 @@ The `callback` is invoked with a single argument that is an instance of
JSON fetching example:

```js
http.get('http://nodejs.org/dist/index.json', (res) => {
http.get('http://localhost:8000/', (res) => {
const { statusCode } = res;
const contentType = res.headers['content-type'];

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}).on('error', (e) => {
console.error(`Got error: ${e.message}`);
});

// Create a local server to receive data from
const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' });
res.end(JSON.stringify({
data: 'Hello World!'
}));
});

server.listen(8000);
```

## `http.globalAgent`
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