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http: allow url and options to be passed to http.request #21616

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fixes #20795

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  • make -j4 test (UNIX), or vcbuild test (Windows) passes
  • tests and/or benchmarks are included
  • documentation is changed or added
  • commit message follows commit guidelines

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version fields for additions/removals/changes should always have a value of REPLACEME

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Node.js maintains several connections per server to make HTTP requests.
This function allows one to transparently issue requests.

`options` can be an object, a string, or a [`URL`][] object. If `options` is a
`url` can be an a string or a [`URL`][] object. If `url` is a
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There should only be one space between 'string' and 'or' here.

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be an a -> be a

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string, it is automatically parsed with [`new URL()`][]. If it is a [`URL`][]
object, it will be automatically converted to an ordinary `options` object.

if both `url` and `options` are specified, the objects are merged, with the
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s/if/If/

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string, it is automatically parsed with [`new URL()`][]. If it is a [`URL`][]
object, it will be automatically converted to an ordinary `options` object.

if both `url` and `options` are specified, the objects are merged, with the
options properties taking precedence.
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s/options/`options`/

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rubys commented Jul 1, 2018

Notes:

  • went with a 3-arg signature with options overriding path if there is overlap (based on comment by @joyeecheung .
  • should be 100% backward compatible as URL is optional.
  • not sure how to test that the callback was identified correctly other than to run some requests and ensure that the callback is called. Not sure it is worth it?
  • HTTP/2 function signatures are enough different that this does not apply there.
  • HTTPS changes are doc only

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Doc section headings affect autogenerated sections ids for section links. So each time we change a heading, we need to grep for the old hash and update all found instances. Currently, it seems these instances need to be updated (with #http_http_request_url_options_callback):

https://github.com/nodejs/node/blame/3d04e6c9a5522b6391a4a914ca16f2337abb35e7/doc/api/deprecations.md#L1042

https://github.com/nodejs/node/blame/8ab7ea6eed76d069dfd82684e2157e7d88badebf/doc/api/http.md#L2068

https://github.com/nodejs/node/blame/67790962daccb5ff19c977119d7231cbe175c206/doc/api/https.md#L365

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doc/api/http.md Outdated
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Global instance of `Agent` which is used as the default for all HTTP client
requests.

## http.request(options[, callback])
## http.request([url] [, options] [, callback])
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I feel like this should be something like: input[, options][, callback] to show that at least one argument is required and not that both are optional with perhaps additional explanation below or follow in the footsteps of documented functions like this and show multiple signatures for the same function. I'm not sure if we have a standard yet for showing multiple signatures for more complicated situations.

Ditto for https.request.

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I followed the example of response.end.

I don't think it is a good idea to describe the syntax in a way that implies that url is required even if subsequent text says to ignore that implication.

Technically, nothing is required, as http.request() would be evaluated the same as http.request({ }).

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Also, http.request accepts a url parameter despite ClientRequest giving this argument a different name so as to not collide with the url package which was previously required. Chose the name input based on Request().

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Ditto about REPLACEME

const http = require('http');

// two arguments: URL + options
const request = http.request('http://example.com', { path: '/path' });
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I think it would be better to have a real test by setting up a local http.Server on a random port, connecting to that, and verifying the path and such inside the incoming connection handler (wrapped in a common.mustCall()).

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Allow URL and options to be passed to `http.request()`.?

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Node.js maintains several connections per server to make HTTP requests.
This function allows one to transparently issue requests.

`options` can be an object, a string, or a [`URL`][] object. If `options` is a
`url` can be an a string or a [`URL`][] object. If `url` is a
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be an a -> be a

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Allow URL and options to be passed to `https.request()`.?

@vsemozhetbyt vsemozhetbyt added the https Issues or PRs related to the https subsystem. label Jul 1, 2018
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rubys commented Jul 1, 2018

If we go with providing multiple signatures in the documentation, there is no need to update the autogenerated sections ids for section links. I still have a mild preference and believe that there is precedence for a function with all optional arguments, but I sense that I'm in the minority with that opinion.

Also, I noted that http.get and https.get have the same signature as their corresponding .request methods, so I updated them too to handle a separate url argument. The test case provided makes use of http.get(), which calls http.request(), which calls ClientRequest() .

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description: allow both url and options to be passed to `http.get()`
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http -> https

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Global instance of [`https.Agent`][] for all HTTPS client requests.

## https.request(options[, callback])
## https.request([[url [,options] [, callback])
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Should there also be 2 headings?

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added to the [`'request'`][] event.

## http.get(options[, callback])
## http.get(url [, options] [, callback])
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Other signatures usually use fewer spaces, like (url[, options][, callback]).

{ hostname: 'localhost', port: server.address().port },
common.mustCall((res) => {
res.on('close', common.mustCall(() => {
server.close();
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I think this could be moved to the server's request handler.

} else {
options = util._extend({}, options);
if (cb) throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('url', ['string', 'URL'], input);
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I think this would make this PR a semver-major change, and I'd like to avoid that if possible. How about we just remove this check?

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I started to look at the backport (rubys@cbe9d7d), and found that the test/parallel/test-http-invalid-urls.js test was failing. While looking into that failure, I noticed that the https support is incomplete (there should have been a small change to lib/https.js, but it isn't there). I'll look into completing this change (with a new pull request, and ensuring that there is a test for https), and then circle back to backport both to 10.x.

targos pushed a commit to targos/node that referenced this pull request Aug 2, 2018
Fixes: nodejs#20795
PR-URL: nodejs#21616
Reviewed-By: Tiancheng "Timothy" Gu <timothygu99@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Ron Korving <ron@ronkorving.nl>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <matteo.collina@gmail.com>
targos pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Aug 7, 2018
Fixes: #20795
PR-URL: #21616
Reviewed-By: Tiancheng "Timothy" Gu <timothygu99@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Ron Korving <ron@ronkorving.nl>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <matteo.collina@gmail.com>

Backport-PR-URL: #21880
Reviewed-By: Trivikram Kamat <trivikr.dev@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <matteo.collina@gmail.com>
rvagg added a commit that referenced this pull request Aug 13, 2018
Notable changes:

* deps: Upgrade V8 from 6.7 to 6.8 (Michaël Zasso) #21079
  * Memory reduction and performance improvements, details at:
    https://v8project.blogspot.com/2018/06/v8-release-68.html
* fs: Implement a fs.mkdir() recursive option, similar to the mkdirp npm package
  or mkdir -p on the command line (Benjamin Coe) #21875
* http: http.get() and http.request() (and https variants) can now accept three
  arguments to allow for a URL and an options object (Sam Ruby) #21616
rvagg added a commit that referenced this pull request Aug 15, 2018
Notable changes:

* deps: Upgrade V8 from 6.7 to 6.8 (Michaël Zasso) #21079
  * Memory reduction and performance improvements, details at:
    https://v8project.blogspot.com/2018/06/v8-release-68.html
* fs: Implement a fs.mkdir() recursive option, similar to the mkdirp npm package
  or mkdir -p on the command line (Benjamin Coe) #21875
* http: http.get() and http.request() (and https variants) can now accept three
  arguments to allow for a URL and an options object (Sam Ruby) #21616
* Added new collaborators
  * Sam Ruby (https://github.com/rubys)
  * George Adams (https://github.com/gdams)
rvagg added a commit that referenced this pull request Aug 16, 2018
Notable changes:

* buffer:
  * Fix out-of-bounds (OOB) write in `Buffer.write()` for UCS-2 encoding
    (CVE-2018-12115)
  * Fix unintentional exposure of uninitialized memory in `Buffer.alloc()`
    (CVE-2018-7166)
* deps:
  * Upgrade to OpenSSL 1.1.0i, fixing:
    - Client DoS due to large DH parameter (CVE-2018-0732)
    - ECDSA key extraction via local side-channel (CVE not assigned)
  * Upgrade V8 from 6.7 to 6.8 (Michaël Zasso) #21079
    - Memory reduction and performance improvements, details at:
      https://v8project.blogspot.com/2018/06/v8-release-68.html
* http: `http.get()` and `http.request()` (and `https` variants) can now accept
  three arguments to allow for a `URL` _and_ an `options` object
  (Sam Ruby) #21616
* Added new collaborators
  * Sam Ruby (https://github.com/rubys)
  * George Adams (https://github.com/gdams)
rvagg added a commit that referenced this pull request Aug 16, 2018
Notable changes:

* buffer:
  * Fix out-of-bounds (OOB) write in `Buffer.write()` for UCS-2 encoding
    (CVE-2018-12115)
  * Fix unintentional exposure of uninitialized memory in `Buffer.alloc()`
    (CVE-2018-7166)
* deps:
  * Upgrade to OpenSSL 1.1.0i, fixing:
    - Client DoS due to large DH parameter (CVE-2018-0732)
    - ECDSA key extraction via local side-channel (CVE not assigned)
  * Upgrade V8 from 6.7 to 6.8 (Michaël Zasso) #21079
    - Memory reduction and performance improvements, details at:
      https://v8project.blogspot.com/2018/06/v8-release-68.html
* http: `http.get()` and `http.request()` (and `https` variants) can now accept
  three arguments to allow for a `URL` _and_ an `options` object
  (Sam Ruby) #21616
* Added new collaborators
  * Sam Ruby (https://github.com/rubys)
  * George Adams (https://github.com/gdams)
tniessen added a commit to tniessen/node that referenced this pull request Sep 19, 2018
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tniessen added a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 19, 2018
PR-URL: #22949
Refs: #21616
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <vsemozhetbyt@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
targos pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 25, 2018
PR-URL: #22949
Refs: #21616
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <vsemozhetbyt@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
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