Node.js request directly to URL with options (http or https)

I think I'm missing something about http and https requests

I have a variable that contains a URL, for example:

http(s)://website.com/a/b/file.html

I would like to know if there's a easy way to make a request to that URI to get the data

To make a http(s)Request, here's what I have to do now:

1. Test if the URL is http or https to make the appropriate request
2. Remove the http(s):// part and put the result in a variable (If I specify http or https in the hostname, I get an error)
3. Separate the hostname from the path: website.com and `/a/b/file.html
4. Put this variables in the options objects

Is this a must or are they easier solutions that don't involve getting out the hostname and path, and testing if the site is in http or https ?

Edit: I can't use http.get as I need to put some specific options