@npmcli/agent
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@npmcli/agent is a Node.js package that helps in managing HTTP user agents. It provides utilities to create and manage user agent strings, which can be useful for making HTTP requests with specific user agent headers.
Create a User Agent
This feature allows you to create a user agent string based on the current environment. The `getUserAgent` function generates a user agent string that can be used in HTTP requests.
const { getUserAgent } = require('@npmcli/agent');
const userAgent = getUserAgent();
console.log(userAgent);Custom User Agent
This feature allows you to create a custom user agent string by providing specific details like the name and version of your application. The `getUserAgent` function accepts an object with `name` and `version` properties to customize the user agent string.
const { getUserAgent } = require('@npmcli/agent');
const userAgent = getUserAgent({ name: 'my-app', version: '1.0.0' });
console.log(userAgent);The `useragent` package is a comprehensive library for parsing and generating user agent strings. It provides more detailed parsing capabilities compared to @npmcli/agent, making it suitable for applications that need to analyze user agent strings in depth.
The `ua-parser-js` package is a JavaScript library for parsing user agent strings. It offers extensive support for detecting browser, engine, OS, and device information. Compared to @npmcli/agent, it focuses more on parsing and less on generating user agent strings.
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the http/https agent used by the npm cli
We found that @npmcli/agent demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 6 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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