user-request v1.0.1

user-request

Simulate a user requesting an HTML page

Perfect for web scraping, and allows retry attempts.

You're able to bypass CloudFlare protection by using user-request.

Install

npm i user-request

Import

const get = require('user-request')

Or...

import * as get from 'user-request'

Instructions

Call the get function with a URL to fetch that page.

const response = await get('https://memorize.ai')

Pass options to the get function

const response = await get('https://memorize.ai', {
	maxRetryAttempts: 20, // Optional, 10 by default
	headers: { // Optional, you can override or add headers here
		'Accept-Encoding': 'gzip'
	}
})

Properties on the Response object

• data: The page's HTML content.
• headers: The response headers.
• status: The status code.
• statusText: The status text.
• retryAttempts: The number of retry attempts this request took.
• didFail: If the request failed by either returning a 404 or 500, or running out of retry attempts.