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readme.md
Simplified HTTP/HTTPS requests
A nicer interface to the built-in http
module.
It supports following redirects, streams, automagically handling gzip/deflate and some convenience options.
Created because request
is bloated (several megabytes!) and slow.
Install
$ npm install --save got
Usage
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 object.
options
Type: object
Any of the http.request
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 instance.
If undefined
- infinity-agent
will be used to backport Agent class from Node core.
To use default 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.
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.
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
module with the agent
option to work with proxies:
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.
var got = require('got');
got('todomvc.com', {
headers: {
'user-agent': 'https://github.com/your-username/repo-name'
}
}, function () {});
Related
gh-got
- Convenience wrapper for interacting with the GitHub APIgot-promise
- Promise wrapper
Created by
Sindre Sorhus | Vsevolod Strukchinsky |
License
MIT © Sindre Sorhus