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+include("mjsunit.js");
+PORT = 8888;
+
+var responses_sent = 0;
+var responses_recvd = 0;
+var body0 = "";
+var body1 = "";
+
+function onLoad () {
+  new node.http.Server(function (req, res) {
+    if (responses_sent == 0) {
+      assertEquals("GET", req.method);
+      assertEquals("/hello", req.uri.path);
+    }
+
+    if (responses_sent == 1) {
+      assertEquals("POST", req.method);
+      assertEquals("/world", req.uri.path);
+      this.close();
+    }
+
+    res.sendHeader(200, [["Content-Type", "text/plain"]]);
+    res.sendBody("The path was " + req.uri.path);
+    res.finish();
+    responses_sent += 1;
+  }).listen(PORT);
+
+  var client = new node.http.Client(PORT);
+  var req = client.get("/hello");
+  req.finish(function (res) {
+    assertEquals(200, res.statusCode);
+    responses_recvd += 1;
+    res.setBodyEncoding("utf8");
+    res.onBody = function (chunk) { body0 += chunk; };
+  });
+
+  setTimeout(function () {
+    req = client.post("/world");
+    req.finish(function (res) {
+      assertEquals(200, res.statusCode);
+      responses_recvd += 1;
+      res.setBodyEncoding("utf8");
+      res.onBody = function (chunk) { body1 += chunk; };
+    });
+  }, 10);
+}
+
+function onExit () {
+  assertEquals(2, responses_recvd);
+  assertEquals(2, responses_sent);
+  assertEquals("The path was /hello", body0);
+  assertEquals("The path was /world", body1);
+}
+