# got [](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/got)
> Simplified HTTP/HTTPS requests
A nicer interface to the built-in [`http` ](http://nodejs.org/api/http.html ) module.
It supports following redirects, streams, automagically handling gzip/deflate and some convenience options.
Created because [`request` ](https://github.com/mikeal/request ) is bloated *(several megabytes!)* and slow.
## Install
```
$ npm install --save got
```
## Usage
```js
var got = require('got');
// Callback mode
got('todomvc.com', function (err, data, res) {
console.log(data);
//=> <!doctype html> ...
});
// Stream mode
got('todomvc.com').pipe(fs.createWriteStream('index.html'));
// For POST, PUT and PATCH methods got returns a WritableStream
fs.createReadStream('index.html').pipe(got.post('todomvc.com'));
```
### API
It's a `GET` request by default, but can be changed in `options` .
#### got(url, [options], [callback])
##### url
*Required*
Type: `string` , `Object`
The URL to request or bare [http.request options ](https://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_http_request_options_callback ) object.
##### options
Type: `object`
Any of the [`http.request` ](http://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_http_request_options_callback ) options.
###### body
Type: `string` , `Buffer` , `ReadableStream`
_This option and stream mode are mutually exclusive._
Body, that will be sent with `POST` request. If present in `options` and `options.method` is not set - `options.method` will be set to `POST` .
###### encoding
Type: `string` , `null`
Default: `'utf8'`
Encoding to be used on `setEncoding` of the response data. If null, the body is returned as a Buffer.
###### json
Type: `Boolean`
Default: `false`
_This option and stream mode are mutually exclusive._
If enabled, response body will be parsed with `JSON.parse` and `accept` header will be set to `application/json` by default.
###### query
Type: `string` , `Object`
Query string object, that will be added to request url. This will override query string in `url` .
###### timeout
Type: `number`
Milliseconds after which the request will be aborted and an error event with `ETIMEDOUT` code will be emitted.
###### agent
[http.Agent ](http://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_class_http_agent ) instance.
If `undefined` - [`infinity-agent` ](https://github.com/floatdrop/infinity-agent ) will be used to backport Agent class from Node core.
To use default [globalAgent ](http://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_http_globalagent ) just pass `null` to this option.
##### callback(err, data, response)
###### err
`Error` object with HTTP status code as `code` property.
###### data
The data you requested.
###### response
The [response object ](http://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_http_incomingmessage ).
When in stream mode, you can listen for events:
##### .on('response', response)
`response` event to get the response object.
##### .on('redirect', response, nextOptions)
`redirect` event to get the response object of redirect. Second argument is options for next request to the redirect location.
###### response
The [response object ](http://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_http_incomingmessage ).
#### got.get(url, [options], [callback])
#### got.post(url, [options], [callback])
#### got.put(url, [options], [callback])
#### got.patch(url, [options], [callback])
#### got.head(url, [options], [callback])
#### got.delete(url, [options], [callback])
Sets `options.method` to the method name and makes a request.
## Proxy
You can use the [`tunnel` ](https://github.com/koichik/node-tunnel ) module with the `agent` option to work with proxies:
```js
var got = require('got');
var tunnel = require('tunnel');
got('todomvc.com', {
agent: tunnel.httpOverHttp({
proxy: {
host: 'localhost'
}
})
}, function () {});
```
## Tip
It's a good idea to set the `'user-agent'` header so the provider can more easily see how their resource is used. By default it's the URL to this repo.
```js
var got = require('got');
got('todomvc.com', {
headers: {
'user-agent': 'https://github.com/your-username/repo-name'
}
}, function () {});
```
## Related
* [`gh-got` ](https://github.com/sindresorhus/gh-got ) - Convenience wrapper for interacting with the GitHub API
* [`got-promise` ](https://github.com/floatdrop/got-promise ) - Promise wrapper
## License
MIT © [Sindre Sorhus ](http://sindresorhus.com )
