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+var request = require('request');
+  request(
+    { method: 'GET'
+    , uri: "http://www.jobsite.co.uk/cgi-bin/advsearch?rss_feed=1&daysback=1&jbe_id=47820652"
+    , gzip: true
+    }
+  , function (error, response, body) {
+      // body is the decompressed response body
+      console.log('server encoded the data as: ' + (response.headers['content-encoding'] || 'identity'))
+      console.log('the decoded data is: ' + body)
+    }
+  )
+  .on('data', function(data) {
+    // decompressed data as it is received
+    console.log('decoded chunk: ' + data)
+  })
+  .on('response', function(response) {
+    // unmodified http.IncomingMessage object
+    response.on('data', function(data) {
+      // compressed data as it is received
+      console.log('received ' + data.length + ' bytes of compressed data')
+    })
+  });
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