web-request
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Simplifies making web requests with TypeScript async/await
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web-request
Simplifies making web requests with TypeScript async/await
This package makes it easier to perform web requests using TypeScript and async/await. It wraps the popular request package, extending it with an interface that facilitates async/await and strong-typing.
Examples
Get web-page content as a string...
var result = await WebRequest.get('http://www.google.com/');
console.log(result.content);Get JSON data...
var url = 'http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?q=select+*+from+yahoo.finance.quotes+where+symbol+IN+(%22YHOO%22,%22AAPL%22)&format=json&env=http://datatables.org/alltables.env';
var data = await WebRequest.json<any>(url);
for (var quote of data.query.results.quote)
console.log(quote.Symbol, quote.Bid, 'low='+quote.DaysLow, 'high='+quote.DaysHigh, 'vol='+quote.Volume); Get JSON data with a strongly typed result...
interface QuoteResult {
query: {
results: {
quote: Array<{
Symbol: string;
Bid: string;
DaysHigh: string;
DaysLow: string;
Volume: string;
}>
}
}
}
var url = 'http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?q=select+*+from+yahoo.finance.quotes+where+symbol+IN+(%22YHOO%22,%22AAPL%22)&format=json&env=http://datatables.org/alltables.env';
var data = await WebRequest.json<QuoteResult>(url);
for (var quote of data.query.results.quote)
console.log(quote.Symbol, quote.Bid, 'low='+quote.DaysLow, 'high='+quote.DaysHigh, 'vol='+quote.Volume); Perform a series of REST operations, one-by-one...
// Transfer all orders from customer #123 to customer #321 and then delete customer #123...
var orders = await WebRequest.json<Order[]>('http://www.example.com/customers/123/orders');
// Change status of all orders to backorder...
for (var order of orders)
order.status = "backorder";
await WebRequest.post('http://www.example.com/customers/321/orders', null, orders);
await WebRequest.delete('http://www.example.com/customers/123');
// Flag order #98765 as shipped...
await WebRequest.patch('http://www.example.com/customers/321/orders/98765', null, {status: "shipped"});Getting Started
Make sure you're running Node v4 and TypeScript 1.7 or higher...
$ node -v
v4.2.6
$ npm install -g typescript tsd
$ tsc -v
Version 1.7.5Install the web-request package and the typings definitions for Node.js...
$ npm install web-request
$ tsd install nodeWrite some code...
import * as WebRequest from 'web-request';
(async function () {
var result = await WebRequest.get('http://www.google.com/');
console.log(result.content);
})();Save the above to a file (index.ts), build and run it!
$ tsc index.ts typings/node/node.d.ts --target es6 --module commonjs
$ node index.js
<!doctype html><html ...Response Errors as Exceptions
The throwResponseError option will cause any response with a 400 or 500 level status to throw an exception. This option is disabled by default.
Throw an exception for a specific request.
await WebRequest.get('http://xyzzy.com/123', {throwResponseError: true});Throw an exception for any request that results in an error response.
WebRequest.defaults({throwResponseErrors: true});Interface
function get(uri: string, options?: RequestOptions): Promise<Response<string>>;
function post(uri: string, options?: RequestOptions, content?: any): Promise<Response<string>>;
function put(uri: string, options?: RequestOptions, content?: any): Promise<Response<string>>;
function patch(uri: string, options?: RequestOptions, content?: any): Promise<Response<string>>;
function head(uri: string, options?: RequestOptions): Promise<Response<void>>;
function delete(uri: string, options?: RequestOptions): Promise<Response<string>>;
function json<T>(uri: string, options?: RequestOptions): Promise<T>;
function create<T>(uri: string, options?: RequestOptions, content?: any): Promise<Response<T>>;
function stream(uri: string, options?: RequestOptions, content?: any): Promise<Response<void>>;
function defaults(options: RequestOptions): void;
function debug(value?: boolean): boolean;
interface Request<T> extends request.Request {
options: RequestOptions;
response: Promise<Response<T>>;
}
class Response<T> {
request: Request<T>;
message: http.IncomingMessage;
get charset(): string;
get content(): T;
get contentLength(): number;
get contentType(): string;
get cookies(): Cookie[];
get headers(): Headers;
get httpVersion(): string;
get lastModified(): Date;
get method(): string;
get server(): string;
get statusCode(): number;
get statusMessage(): string;
get uri(): Uri;
}Note the following interfaces are as defined by request...
More Examples
Setting defaults that apply for all requests is supported...
WebRequest.defaults({baseUrl: 'https://example.com/'});
// now we can make requests without having to specify the root every time...
var orders = await WebRequest.json<Order[]>('/customers/123/orders');
await WebRequest.post('/customers/321/orders', null, orders);
await WebRequest.delete('/customers/123');To make a request that requires authentication...
await WebRequest.get('https://example.com/', {
auth: {
user: 'username',
pass: 'password',
sendImmediately: false
}});To make a request with custom headers...
await WebRequest.get('https://example.com', {headers: {'User-Agent': 'request'}});To enable cookies, set jar to true or specify a custom cookie jar...
var response = await WebRequest.get('https://www.google.com/', {jar: true});
console.log(response.cookies);Use the stream method to request a large resource efficiently with negligible memory impact...
var request = WebRequest.stream('http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/944021EarthHighRes.png'); // 4.3Mb
var w = fs.createWriteStream('earth.png');
request.pipe(w); // pipe content directly to a file
var response = await request.response; // wait for web-request to complete
await new Promise(resolve => w.on('finish', () => resolve())); // wait for file-write to completeStream a file up to a server...
var request = WebRequest.stream('http://example.com/data.json', {method:'post'});
fs.createReadStream('file.json').pipe(request);
await request.response;Stream a file from one server to another...
var request1 = WebRequest.stream('http://test.com/earth.png', {method:'get'});
var request2 = WebRequest.stream('http://example.com/earth.png', {method:'post'});
request1.pipe(request2);
await Promise.all([request1.response, request2.response]);