title: Uncaught ReferenceError: request is not defined
body: <p>i am working on simple node js module ... 
   a module that, when i give an ID and a request rate, returns a readable stream which emits location data for the corresponding satellite...
   i am trying to implement by using sub classing ReadableStream</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://nodejs.org/api/stream.html#stream_class_stream_readable" rel="nofollow">http://nodejs.org/api/stream.html#stream_class_stream_readable</a></p>
  
  <p>i am using this api</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://api.wheretheiss.at/v1/satellites/25544" rel="nofollow">https://api.wheretheiss.at/v1/satellites/25544</a></p>
  
  <p>providing my code below..</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://jsfiddle.net/omb3rwqn/1/" rel="nofollow">http://jsfiddle.net/omb3rwqn/1/</a></p>
  
  <pre><code>var request = require('request');
  var url = 'https://api.wheretheiss.at/v1/satellites/25544'
  var reader = request(url);
  readable.on('readable', function() {
  
      console.log('got %d characters of string data');
  
  })
  </code></pre>