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+
+var fiveui  = fiveui || {};
+var Request = require('request').Request;
+var _       = require('underscore');
+
+(function() {
+
+/**
+ * Use the request api to make an XHR request from the extension context.
+ * Behaves somewhat like the jQuery.ajax method, but only ever returns the text
+ * content of the response.
+ */
+exports.get = function(url, opts) {
+
+  _.defaults(opts, {
+    success: function() {},
+    error:   function() {},
+  });
+
+  Request({
+
+    url: url,
+
+    onComplete:function(resp) {
+      if(resp.status == 200) {
+        opts.success(resp.text);
+      } else {
+        opts.error();
+      }
+    },
+
+  }).get();
+
+};
+
+})();