@types/superagent

What is @types/superagent?

The @types/superagent package provides TypeScript type definitions for the superagent library, which is a lightweight, progressive AJAX API crafted for flexibility, readability, and a low learning curve. This package doesn't add any new functionality to superagent itself but allows TypeScript developers to use superagent in their projects with type checking, autocompletion, and other TypeScript benefits.

What are @types/superagent's main functionalities?

Making GET requests

This feature allows you to make GET requests to retrieve data from a specified resource. The code sample demonstrates how to make a simple GET request to '/api/pets' and log the response body.

import request from 'superagent';

request.get('/api/pets').then(res => {
  console.log(res.body);
});

Posting data

This feature enables you to send data to a server using POST requests. The code sample shows how to post data to '/api/pets', sending an object with the name and species of a pet, and then logging the response body.

import request from 'superagent';

request.post('/api/pets')
  .send({ name: 'Milo', species: 'cat' })
  .then(res => {
    console.log(res.body);
  });

Setting headers

This feature allows you to set custom headers for your requests. In the code sample, a GET request is made to '/api/pets' with a custom 'API-Key' header.

import request from 'superagent';

request.get('/api/pets')
  .set('API-Key', 'foobar')
  .then(res => {
    console.log(res.body);
  });

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README

Installation

npm install --save @types/superagent

Summary

This package contains type definitions for SuperAgent v1.4.0 (https://github.com/visionmedia/superagent).

Details

Files were exported from https://www.github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/tree/types-2.0/superagent

Additional Details

• Last updated: Sun, 03 Jul 2016 23:17:30 GMT
• File structure: ProperModule
• Library Dependencies: node
• Module Dependencies: stream
• Global values: request

Credits

These definitions were written by Alex Varju https://github.com/varju/.