http-ext

the http request client for nodejs module

Install

You can install http-ext using the Node Package Manager (npm):

$ npm install --save http-ext

Simple Usage

var httpExt = require('http-ext');
 
httpExt.get('http://www.google.com', function (err, res){
  if (err) return console.log(err);
  console.log(res.body);
});

How to use

httpExt.get(url, [options], callback)
httpExt.post(url, [options], callback)
httpExt.put(url, [options], callback)
httpExt.delete(url, [options], callback)
Sending a custom body
Using a http(s) proxy

### httpExt.get(url, [options], callback)

Arguments

url: The url to connect to. Can be http or https.

options: (all are optional) The following options can be passed:
- rejectUnauthorized: validate certificate for request with HTTPS. More here
callback(err, res): A callback function which is called when the request is complete. res contains and response ( res ) the body ( res.body )

Example without options

var httpExt = require('http-ext');
 
httpExt.get('http://www.google.com', function (err, res){
    if (err) return console.log(err);
    console.log(res.body);
});

Example with options

var httpExt = require('http-ext');
 
httpExt.get('http://posttestserver.com/post.php', {
    parameters: {
        name: 'John',
        lastname: 'Doe'
    },
    headers:{
        'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; rv:18.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/18.0'
    },
    cookies: [
        'token=DGcGUmplWQSjfqEvmu%2BZA%2Fc',
        'id=2'
    ]
}, function (err, res){
    if (err){
        console.log(err);
    }else{
        console.log(res.body);
    }
});

### httpExt.post(url, [options], callback)

Arguments

url: The url to connect to. Can be http or https.

options: (all are optional) The following options can be passed:
- rejectUnauthorized: validate certificate for request with HTTPS. More here
callback(err, res): A callback function which is called when the request is complete. res contains the response ( res ) and the body ( res.body )

Example without extra options

var httpExt = require('httpExt');
 
httpExt.post('http://posttestserver.com/post.php', {
    parameters: {
        name: 'John',
        lastname: 'Doe'
    }
}, function (err, res){
    if (err){
        console.log(err);
    }else{
        console.log(res.body);
    }
});

Example with options

var httpExt = require('http-ext');
 
httpExt.post('http://posttestserver.com/post.php', {
    parameters: {
        name: 'John',
        lastname: 'Doe'
    },
    headers:{
        'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; rv:18.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/18.0'
    },
    cookies: [
        'token=DGcGUmplWQSjfqEvmu%2BZA%2Fc',
        'id=2'
    ]
}, function (err, res){
    if (err){
        console.log(err);
    }else{
        console.log(res.body);
    }
});

### httpExt.put(url, [options], callback)

Same options as httpExt.post(url, [options], callback)

### httpExt.delete(url, [options], callback)

Same options as httpExt.post(url, [options], callback)

### Sending a custom body Use the body option to send a custom body (eg. an xml post)

Example

var httpExt = require('http-ext');
 
httpExt.post('http://posttestserver.com/post.php',{
  body: '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'text/xml',
  }},
  function (err, res) {
    if (err){
      console.log(err);
    } else {
      console.log(res.body);
    }
  }
);

### Using a http(s) proxy

Example

var httpExt = require('http-ext');
 
httpExt.post('http://posttestserver.com/post.php', {
  proxy: {
    host: 'localhost',
    port: 8888
  }
}, function (err, res){
  if (err){
    console.log(err);
  }else{
    console.log(res.body);
  }
});

API

(Coming soon)

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using gulp.

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