# @smithy/node-http-handler

> Provides a way to make requests

Latest version **4.12.1** (published 2026-09-03) · Apache-2.0 license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install @smithy/node-http-handler
pnpm add @smithy/node-http-handler
yarn add @smithy/node-http-handler
bun add @smithy/node-http-handler
```

## Health

**Score 75/100 (B)** — status: active.

Positive: has types; esm support; no vulnerabilities; has provenance; recently updated; high maintenance score; high quality score.

Warnings: low downloads.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 4.12.1 |
| Published | 2026-09-03 |
| First published | 2023-06-19 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS |
| Node | >=18.0.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 |
| Unpacked size | 125.8 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| Provenance | attested (GitHub Actions) |
| GitHub stars | 328 |
| Author | AWS SDK for JavaScript Team |
| Maintainers | smithy-team, aws-sdk-bot |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@smithy/node-http-handler
- Repository: https://github.com/smithy-lang/smithy-typescript
- Homepage: https://github.com/smithy-lang/smithy-typescript/tree/main/packages/node-http-handler
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/@smithy/node-http-handler

## Dependencies (3)

- [tslib](https://npm.io/package/tslib.md) ^2.6.2
- [@smithy/core](https://npm.io/package/@smithy/core.md) ^3.33.3
- [@smithy/types](https://npm.io/package/@smithy/types.md) ^4.18.0

## Recent versions

- 4.12.1 (latest) — 2026-09-03
- 4.12.0 — 2026-08-31
- 4.11.3 — 2026-08-20
- 4.11.2 — 2026-08-15
- 4.11.1 — 2026-08-15
- 4.11.0 — 2026-08-14
- 4.10.0 — 2026-08-11
- 4.9.13 — 2026-07-29
- 4.9.12 — 2026-07-27
- 4.9.11 — 2026-07-24
- 4.9.10 — 2026-07-23
- 4.9.9 — 2026-07-21
- 4.9.8 — 2026-07-20
- 4.9.7 — 2026-07-16
- 4.9.6 — 2026-07-14
- … 103 more at https://npm.io/package/@smithy/node-http-handler/versions

## README

# @smithy/node-http-handler

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This package implements the default `requestHandler` for Node.js using `node:http`, `node:https`, and `node:http2`.

For an example on how `requestHandler`s are used by Smithy generated SDK clients, refer to
the [AWS SDK for JavaScript (v3) supplemental docs](https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-js-v3/blob/main/supplemental-docs/CLIENTS.md#request-handler-requesthandler).

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