@@ 159,3 159,19 @@ func TableRows(url string, rows chan<- *html.Node, tableMatcher *NodeMatcher) er
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+// New returns an HTML document rooted at the HTML node
+func New(url string) (*html.Node, error) {
+	resp, err := nethttp.Get(url)
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	page, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return html.Parse(bytes.NewBuffer(page))
+}