From b9574b995fb48219d8f4e1641f8730e10f2c9f3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Dahl <ry@tinyclouds.org>
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 13:47:27 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Expose http.getAgent

---
 doc/api/http.markdown | 3 ++-
 lib/http.js           | 1 +
 lib/https.js          | 1 +
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/api/http.markdown b/doc/api/http.markdown
index e818582a9f..b21314b038 100644
--- a/doc/api/http.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/http.markdown
@@ -394,11 +394,12 @@ Example:
 
 
 ## http.Agent
+## http.getAgent(host, port)
 
 `http.request()` uses a special `Agent` for managing multiple connections to
 an HTTP server. Normally `Agent` instances should not be exposed to user
 code, however in certain situations it's useful to check the status of the
-agent.
+agent. The `http.getAgent()` function allows you to access the agents.
 
 ### Event: 'upgrade'
 
diff --git a/lib/http.js b/lib/http.js
index 6e4a066de3..17b8f00cac 100644
--- a/lib/http.js
+++ b/lib/http.js
@@ -1148,6 +1148,7 @@ function getAgent(host, port) {
 
   return agent;
 }
+exports.getAgent = getAgent;
 
 
 exports._requestFromAgent = function(agent, options, cb) {
diff --git a/lib/https.js b/lib/https.js
index aaa070a7aa..1b161e6a69 100644
--- a/lib/https.js
+++ b/lib/https.js
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ function getAgent(options) {
 
   return agent;
 }
+exports.getAgent = getAgent;
 
 
 exports.request = function(options, cb) {