micro-request

zero-dependency http(s) client with smart json and stream support

install

``
$ npm install -g micro-request
`

usage

`js
var request = require('micro-request')

// response is text/*: returns string for body
request('https://www.apple.com/robots.txt', function (err, resp, body) {
assert.ifError(err)
assert.equal(resp.statusCode, 200)
assert(body.match(/sentryx/))
done()
})

// response is application/json: decode JSON
var uri = 'https://rawgit.com/carlos8f/7ccf6b5333f83704ff7cb967578172d3/raw/c6f7bbd6d38562606be949c17696ac6817693d33/test.json'
request(uri, function (err, resp, body) {
assert.ifError(err)
assert.equal(resp.statusCode, 200)
assert(body.ok)
done()
})

// response is any other content-type: returns buffer for body
request('https://s8f.org/favicon.ico', function (err, resp, body) {
assert.ifError(err)
assert.equal(resp.statusCode, 200)
var hash = require('crypto').createHash('sha1').update(body).digest('hex')
assert.equal(hash, 'd5348fcedb9e3287c8a787ec6d6775b22853fb73')
done()
})

// other HTTP methods: use request.[method]
// of options.data is an object, post it as JSON
request.post(uri, {data: {cool: true}}, function (err, resp, body) {
assert.ifError(err)
assert.equal(resp.statusCode, 200)
assert(body.cool)
done()
})

// options.data can be a stream, string, or buffer
request.post(baseUrl + '/echo', {data: from(['{"ok":true}']), headers: {'content-type': 'application/json; charset=utf-8'}}, function (err, resp, body) {
assert.ifError(err)
assert.equal(resp.statusCode, 200)
assert.deepEqual(body, {ok: true})
done()
})

// options.stream: true = returns un-buffered stream for body
request('https://s8f.org/favicon.ico', {stream: true}, function (err, resp, body) {
assert.ifError(err)
assert.equal(resp.statusCode, 200)
body.pipe(hashStream)
.once('data', function (chunk) {
assert.equal(chunk.toString('hex'), 'd5348fcedb9e3287c8a787ec6d6775b22853fb73')
done()
})
})
``

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- Copyright (C) 2016 Carlos Rodriguez (http://s8f.org/)
- Copyright (C) 2016 Terra Eclipse, Inc. (http://www.terraeclipse.com/)

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