riquest

Zero dependency node.js http(s) request library.

Installation

npm i -s riquest

Usage

Simple use the arrandomize function with an array:

const riquest = require('riquest')

riquest({
  url: 'https://swapi.co/api/people/',
  headers: {
    accept: 'application/json',
  },
  method: 'get',
  timeout: 3000,
  returnStream: false,
})
  .then(console.log)
  .catch(console.error)

API

riquest(params)

Performs a http/http request using http/https base node libraries.

Parameters

• params: Params for http/https riquest.
• params.url: The full url to riquest. REQUIRED
• params.headers: An object of key/value headers. Defaults are Accept: application/json & Content-Type: application/json
• params.method: The method to use to query url.
• params.data: An object of key/value representing the body json which will be sent along with query.
• params.timeout: A number of milliseconds before the query returns a timeout error.
• params.returnStream: A boolean controlling whether riquest should return an object or a stream (useful when piping is needed, like for streaming response).

Other params are available.

• params.auth
• params.agent
• params.createConnection
• params.ca
• params.cert
• params.key
• params.rejectUnauthorized

Please see node http.request documentation for more informations on those params.

Return value

A promise that returns an object representing the response json. If returnStream option is set to true, the promise return will be a stream.

Exceptions

Thows an Error when any param is not of expected format, or when actual query fails.

License

MIT license. Copyright ©2019.