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http_get

Really simple GET requests for http & https

Overview

This is a really simple NodeJS module for making http/https GET requests. A few already exist but I wanted try creating my own module as if it was going to be published.

You can use http & https urls. All this does is make the request and return the response (even if it's 404).

Usage

Like I said, really simple:

Call the .get function from the module

    const http_get = require('http(s)_get');

    http_get.get('URL', callback);

The GET response is sent to the callback: callback (error, response) URL is passed as a string

To make multiple requests to the same URL, just use the constructor. This sets the base request URL of that object. These objects use the same .get function as above, however the base URL is already set. Strings passed in the URL parameter will be added to the end of the base URL. * If you just want to make a request to the base URL, just pass null.

    const http_get = require('https_get');

    var url = http_get('url');
    url.get(null, callback);    //makes a request to 'url'
    url.get('page', callback);  //makes a request to 'url/page'

Or just run it from the cmdline

    node http(s)_get.js URL

The GET response is printed in the console.

Examples

const http_get = require('./http_get');

//makes a request to BASE_URL and prints the response
http_get.get('https://www.bing.co.uk/', console.log);

//create an http_get object with the base URL set as https://www.google.co.uk/
var google = http_get('https://www.google.co.uk/');
//make a get request to https://www.google.co.uk/, print the response
google.get(null , console.log);
//make a get request to https://www.google.co.uk/test, print the response
google.get('test', console.log);

Authors

Alexander Collins

Changelog

I initially didn't bother creating a git repo for this, so all my notes are ripped from the main src file.

04/09/2017

Created git repo so I don't need these.
Look at the git log from now on.

??/02/2017 - v1.3

Tidied up the module.exports (made constructor for module.export). Created resolveURL function (moved the resolve block from initOptions here) Created get function (moved code from module.exports.get)

21/01/2017 - v1.2