req-sync

req-sync is Node.js extension that provides syncronous http request.

Installing

You must have libcurl installed in order to compile this extension.

Ubuntu:

* sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev

CentOS/redhat:

* sudo yum install libcurl libcurl-devel

Mac:

* brew install libcurl

Window:

* compile the openssl/libcurl
* copy libcurl include floder to node_modules/curl/
* copy libcurl.lib to node_modules/curl/lib/
* copy libcurl.dll/libeay32.dll/ssleay32.dll to %PATH%
* npm install

Using

``
var rsync = require('req-sync');

//full options.
var ret=rsync.req({
method: "POST",
url: "http://xxxx.com/api/",
args: {
arg1: "",
},// or using custom body
headers: {},
timeout:30000,
timeout_c:30000,
cookie: true,//using cookie
json: true //parse return as json.
});
console.log(ret);
//
//post file
rsync.req({
method: "POST",
url: "http://localhost:8334/u",
cookie: true,
margs: {
"aa": "bb",
},
mfs: {
"file": "test/run.js",
},
headers: [
"aaa:bbb"
],
});
//
//post body
rsync.req({
method: "POST",
url: "http://localhost:8334/b",
cookie: true,
body: '{"val":"OK"}',
});
//
//post/get
rsync.post("http://www.com/api",{},true);
rsync.get("http://www.com/api",true);
`

Function


* req(options) see Options
* get(url,[json]) send get request.
* post(url,[args],[json]) send post request.

Options

* method: POST/GET.
* url: target URL address.
* args: the request arguments.
* headers: the http headers.
* timeout: the http timeout.
* timeout_c: the connection timeout.
* cookie: if setting true, it will using the .cookie as cookie file name. or setting cookie file paht like /tmp/a.cookie.
* json:whether parse return string as json to javascript object.
* body: the request body,if it is not empty,the args will be ignore when using POST method.
* marg: the multipart fileds.
* mfs: the multipart files.

Return

* err: the error message,when error occur.
* length: the reponse content length.
* headers: the response headers.
* data: the reponse data.
* status: the http status code.

Other

* enable global cookie:require('req-sync').cookie=".cookie"`