Add ability to opt-out of using electron.net

And support using it in the renderer process => #314

index.js

@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ function requestAsEventEmitter(opts) {
 
 		let fn = opts.protocol === 'https:' ? https : http;
 
-		if (process.versions.electron) {
-			fn = require('electron').net;
+		if (opts.useElectronNet && process.versions.electron) {
+			const electron = require('electron');
+			fn = electron.net || electron.remote.net;
 		}
 
 		const req = fn.request(opts, res => {
@@ -278,7 +279,8 @@ function normalizeArguments(url, opts) {
 	opts = Object.assign(
 		{
 			path: '',
-			retries: 2
+			retries: 2,
+			useElectronNet: true
 		},
 		url,
 		{

readme.md

@@ -152,6 +152,14 @@ Defines if redirect responses should be followed automatically.
 Note that if a `303` is sent by the server in response to any request type (`POST`, `DELETE`, etc.), got will automatically
 request the resource pointed to in the location header via `GET`. This is in accordance with [the spec](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-6.4.4).
 
+###### useElectronNet
+
+Type: `boolean`<br>
+Default: `true`
+
+When used in Electron, Got will automatically use [`electron.net`](https://electron.atom.io/docs/api/net/) instead of the Node.js `http` module. It should be fully compatible, but you can turn it off here if you encounter a problem. Please open an issue if you do!
+
+
 #### Streams
 
 #### got.stream(url, [options])