oh-request

A simple and lightweight module for native HTTP clients.

This module supports the Promise feature of ES6.

Usage

The usage is really simple. First, you must use npm to install the module.

npm install --save oh-request

Then, in your code:

var request = require('oh-request');

Params

request(options, body)

options

The options parameter must be an object.

• host[string] A target for the client.(option, defalut value is localhost)
• path[string] A target for the client.(option, defalut value is /)
• port[number] A port for the target.(option, defalut value is 80)
• timeout[number] Set timeout for the request.(option, defalut value is 15000 ms)
• method[string] The request method, support GET and POST.(case insensitive)
• headers[object] The request headers, such as Content-Type, Accept and so on.(option)
• expect[boolean] Set the Expect: 100-Continue header, and don't send pay-load until the 100 head is received.(option)
• query[object] Set the GET params in URL.(option)

body

Must be an object that can be consumed by JSON.stringify or casted to a string, or null.

return

If response is ok, the return value which is an instance of http.IncomingMessage. By the way, the data property of return value is the json data from remote server.

sample

var request = require('oh-request');

request({
		host: 'google.com',
		method: 'GET',
		path: '/search',
		query: {
			q: 'nodejs'
		},
		headers: {
			'x-foo-bar' : "Hello World"
		},
		timeout: 3000
	})
	.then(function(res) {
		console.log(res.headers); // the property of http.IncomingMessage
		return Promise.resolve('Bingo');
	}, function(err) {
		console.log(err);
		return Promise.reject('Oh no!');
	})
	.then(function(res) {
		console.log(res.data); // the json data from remote server
	}, function(err) {
		console.log(err);
	});

Contact

oh-request is available on github here under MIT license. If you hit bugs, fill issues on github. Feel free to fork, modify and have fun with it :)