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+edition = "2018"
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diff --git a/cheapo-request/src/main.rs b/cheapo-request/src/main.rs
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--- /dev/null
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+use async_std::net;
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+async fn cheapo_request(host: &str, port: u16, path: &str)
+                            -> std::io::Result<String>
+{
+    let mut socket = net::TcpStream::connect((host, port)).await?;
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+    let request = format!("GET {} HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: {}\r\n\r\n", path, host);
+    socket.write_all(request.as_bytes()).await?;
+    socket.shutdown(net::Shutdown::Write)?;
+
+    let mut response = String::new();
+    socket.read_to_string(&mut response).await?;
+
+    Ok(response)
+}
+
+fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    use async_std::task;
+
+    let response = task::block_on(cheapo_request("example.com", 80, "/"))?;
+    println!("{}", response);
+    Ok(())
+}