AWS Lambda Node.js HTTP GET Request never executed

I have the following intent. When intent is entered I want to perform a GET request to an external API. The intent is entered, however my http.get requested is not. If you look below I added a log statement within the request and it is never executed. Any ideas what the problem may be?

'BlogEntrySlugIntent': function () {
  var url = 'http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1';

  http.get( url, function( response ) {
    console.log('In get request');
    response.on( 'data', function( data ) {
      var text = 'Data returned is: ' + data;
      this.emit(':tell', 'hellloooo');
    });
  });
},