http-client

An opinionated, isomorphic HTTP client for Node.js, browsers, and React Native.

$3

#### Import httpClient (Node.js, browsers, or React Native)
``js
import {httpClient} from '@digitalbazaar/http-client';
`

#### Import and initialize a custom Bearer Token client
`js
import {httpClient} from '@digitalbazaar/http-client';

const accessToken = '12345';
const headers = {Authorization: Bearer ${accessToken}};

const client = httpClient.extend({headers});

// subsequent http calls will include an 'Authorization: Bearer 12345' header
`

#### Disable self-signed TLS/SSL cert checks for development purposes only
`js
import {Agent} from 'https';
import {httpClient} from '@digitalbazaar/http-client';

const agent = new https.Agent({rejectUnauthorized: false});
const client = httpClient.extend({headers, agent});

// subsequent http calls will use the provided https Agent
`

#### GET a JSON response in the browser
`js
try {
const response = await httpClient.get('http://httpbin.org/json');
return response.data;
} catch(e) {
// status is HTTP status code
// data is JSON error from the server
const {data, status} = e;
throw e;
}
`

#### GET a JSON response in Node with an HTTP Agent
`js
import https from 'https';
// use an agent to avoid self-signed certificate errors
const agent = new https.Agent({rejectUnauthorized: false});
try {
const response = await httpClient.get('http://httpbin.org/json', {agent});
return response.data;
} catch(e) {
// status is HTTP status code
// data is JSON error from the server if available
const {data, status} = e;
throw e;
}
`

#### GET HTML by overriding default headers
`js
const headers = {Accept: 'text/html'};
try {
const response = await httpClient.get('http://httpbin.org/html', {headers});
// see: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Response#methods
return response.text();
} catch(e) {
// status is HTTP status code
// any message from the server can be parsed from the response if present
const {response, status} = e;
throw e;
}
`

#### POST a JSON payload
`js
try {
const response = await httpClient.post('http://httpbin.org/json', {
// json is the payload or body of the POST request
json: {some: 'data'}
});
return response.data;
} catch(e) {
// status is HTTP status code
// data is JSON error from the server
const {data, status} = e;
throw e;
}
`

#### POST a JSON payload in Node with an HTTP Agent
`js
import https from 'https';
// use an agent to avoid self-signed certificate errors
const agent = new https.Agent({rejectUnauthorized: false});
try {
const response = await httpClient.post('http://httpbin.org/json', {
agent,
// json is the payload or body of the POST request
json: {some: 'data'}
});
return response.data;
} catch(e) {
// status is HTTP status code
// data is JSON error from the server
const {data, status} = e;
throw e;
}
``