http-browserify-ng

http-browserify
===============

The
http module from node.js,
but for browsers.

When you require('http') in
browserify,
this module will be loaded.

example
=======

```javascript
var http = require('http');

http.get({ path : '/beep' }, function (res) {
var div = document.getElementById('result');
div.innerHTML += 'GET /beep
';

res.on('data', function (buf) {
div.innerHTML += buf;
});

res.on('end', function () {
div.innerHTML += '
__END__';
});
});
``

http methods
============

var http = require('http');

var req = http.request(options, cb)
-----------------------------------

options can have:

* method
* path
* headers={}, as an object mapping key names to string or Array values
* host=window.location.host
* port=window.location.port

The callback will be called with the response object.

var req = http.get(options, cb)
-------------------------------

A shortcut for

``javascript
options.method = 'GET';
var req = http.request(options, cb);
req.end();
``

request methods
===============

req.setHeader(key, value)
-------------------------

Set an http header.

req.write(data)
---------------

Write some data to the request body.

req.end(data)
-------------

Close and send the request body, optionally with additional data to append.

response methods
================

res.getHeader(key)
------------------

Return an http header, if set. key is case-insensitive.

response attributes
===================

* res.statusCode, the numeric http response code
* res.headers, an object with all lowercase keys

response events
---------------

* data
* end
* error

compatibility
=============

This module has been tested and works with:

* Internet Explorer 5.5, 6, 7, 8, 9
* Firefox 3.5
* Chrome 7.0
* Opera 10.6
* Safari 5.0

Multipart streaming responses are buffered in all versions of Internet Explorer
and are somewhat buffered in Opera. In all the other browsers you get a nice
unbuffered stream of "data" events when you send down a content-type of
multipart/octet-stream or similar.

protip
======

You can do:

``javascript
var bundle = browserify({
require : { http : 'http-browserify' }
});
``

in order to map "http-browserify" over require('http')` in your browserified
source.