Noflo-http NPM

HTTP for NoFlo

This package provides utility components to create HTTP/HTTPS clients in the NoFlo Node.js runtime. Based on HTTP and HTTPS for Node.js

npm install noflo-http --save

Create an object with a few request properties

Port	Name	Datatype	Description
InPort	href	`string`	String specifying the URL for the request. It should be of the form `'<protocol>://<hostname>:<port>/<path>?<query>'`. It supports `http` and `https` protocols
InPort	method	`string`	String specifying the request method. Defaults to `'GET'`
OutPort	url	`object`	Object with request properties

You can use noflo-objects to add more properties to the url object.

Add Headers to the URL object

Port	Name	Datatype	Description
InPort	url	`object`	Object with request properties
InPort	headers	`string`	String specifying the request headers. It should be of the form `'{"<field_name>":"<value>" [, ...]}'` Defaults to `'{}'`
OutPort	out	`object`	Object with request properties and headers

On response event

Port	Name	Datatype	Description
InPort	request	`object`	Object with request parameters
OutPort	response	`string`	Raw data received from the server
OutPort	message	`string`	Payload of the data received from the server

Send request

Port	Name	Datatype	Description
InPort	url	`all`	`object` or `string`. If it is an `object`, this should have the properties described here. (You can use the ConfigRequest component to build an `url` object with a few basic properties). If it is a `string`, this should be of the form `'<protocol>://<hostname>:<port>/<path>?<query>'`. Supports `http` and `https` protocols
InPort	data	`bang`	Data to write in the body of the request
InPort	start	`bang`	Signal to send the request
OutPort	request	`object`	Object with request parameters

Name	Gist	Flowhub
HTTP GET Client	code	example

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