Bag Of Request

Bag Of Request contains request utility functions.

bag.request uses http://github.com/mikeal/request, with:

• proxy setting based on environment variables http_proxy, HTTP_PROXY, https_proxy, HTTPS_PROXY
• excludes proxy if URL host is localhost or 127.0.0.1
• thirty seconds default timeout
• accepts self-signed SSL certificates
• follow redirects by default
• wildcard status code matching (e.g. 2xx, 50x)
• custom handlers based on status code
• default unexpected status code error with request body included in message
• all bag.request defaults can be overriden by passing mikeal/request options
• retry support with configurable delay

bag.proxy is a convenient function to retrieve proxy based on URL and environment value:

• if URL uses http, then sets proxy to http_proxy or HTTP_PROXY
• if URL uses https, then sets proxy to htps_proxy or HTTPS_PROXY or http_proxy or HTTP_PROXY
• if URL does not have a protocol, then assume http protocol
• if URL is not provided, then sets proxy to http_proxy or HTTP_PROXY or https_proxy or HTTPS_PROXY

Installation

npm install bagofrequest

or as a dependency in package.json file:

"dependencies": {
  "bagofrequest": "x.y.z"
}

Usage

var bag = require('bagofrequest');

bag.request('get', 'http://google.com.au', { timeout: 30000 }, function (err, result) {
});

var proxy = bag.proxy('https://google.com.au');