req-then

Wraps node's built-in http(s) request function with a few extras:

• Returns a promise, resolving to an object containing the data, node response and original request.
• Automatically selects http or https transport depending on the input URL.
• Cancellable (which fetch is not).

Example

const request = require('req-then')

request('http://www.bbc.co.uk')
  .then(response => {
    console.log('Response data received', response.data)
    console.log('The original request options', response.req)
    console.log('The nodejs response instance', response.res)
  })
  .catch(console.error)

Example

const request = require('req-then')
const url = require('url')
const reqOptions = url.parse('http://www.bbc.co.uk')
const controller = {}
reqOptions.controller = controller
request(reqOptions)
  .then(response => {
    console.log('Response data received', response.data)
  })

// kill the request and close the socket
controller.abort()

request(reqOptions, [data]) ⇒ external:Promise ⏏

Returns a promise for the response.

Kind: Exported function
Resolve: object - res will be the node response object, data will be the data, req the original request.
Reject: Error - If aborted, the name property of the error will be aborted.

| Param | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | reqOptions | string | object | Target url string or a standard node.js http request options object. | | [reqOptions.controller] | object | If supplied, an .abort() method will be created on it which, if invoked, will cancel the request. Cancelling will cause the returned promise to reject with an 'aborted' error. | | [data] | * | Data to send with the request. |

© 2015-17 Lloyd Brookes <[email protected]>. Documented by jsdoc-to-markdown.