Instant-request NPM

Instant Utils

Client/server agnostic http request library.

Installation

You can install this package using npm:

$ npm install instant-request

Usage

Here is a quick example to get you started:

ES Modules

import Request from 'instant-request';
const request = new Request('https://example.com');

const test = async () => {
  const response = await request.get('/api/records'); // => https://example.com/api/records
  const json = await response.json();
  console.log(json);
};

CommonJS Modules

var Request = require('instant-request').Request;
var request = new Request('https://example.com');

request
  .get('/api/records') // => https://example.com/api/records
  .then(function(response) {
    response.json().then(function(json) {
      console.log(json);
    });
  });

API

Instantiation

Create an instance of the Request class.

Arguments

baseUrl (String): Base URL for all future requests. options (Object) = {}: Configuration object

Returns

instanceof Request

Example Usage

const request = new Request('https://example.com');

get

Make an HTTP GET request to the specified URI.

Arguments

uri (String): The URI to request, e.g /api/records.\ query (Object): The query object to append to the fully qualified URL, e.g { active: 1 } => https://example.com/api/records?active=1.

Returns

Response

Example Usage

async function getCountries() {
  // https://example.com/api/countries
  const response = await request.get('/api/countries');
  const json = await response.json();
  return json;
}

post

Make an HTTP POST request to the specified URI.

Arguments

uri (String): The URI to request, e.g /api/records.\ data (Object): The data to POST.\ query (Object): The query object to append to the fully qualified URL, e.g { active: 1 } => https://example.com/api/records?active=1.

Returns

Response

Example Usage

async function createCountries() {
  // https://example.com/api/countries
  const response = await request.post('/api/countries', {
    id: 1,
    name: 'Australia',
  });
  const json = await response.json();
  return json;
}

put

Make an HTTP PUT request to the specified URI.

Arguments

uri (String): The URI to request, e.g /api/records.\ data (Object): The data to PUT.\ query (Object): The query object to append to the fully qualified URL, e.g { active: 1 } => https://example.com/api/records?active=1.

Returns

Response

Example Usage

async function updateCountry() {
  // https://example.com/api/countries
  const response = await request.put('/api/countries/1', {
    animal: 'Kangaroo',
  });
  const json = await response.json();
  return json;
}

delete

Make an HTTP DELETE request to the specified URI.

Arguments

uri (String): The URI to request, e.g /api/records.\ query (Object): The query object to append to the fully qualified URL, e.g { active: 1 } => https://example.com/api/records?active=1.

Returns

Response

Example Usage

async function deleteCountry() {
  // https://example.com/api/countries
  const response = await request.delete('/api/countries/1');
  const json = await response.json();
  return json;
}