follow-redirects

HTTP/HTTPS request with automatic redirection

This code demonstrates how to make a simple HTTP GET request that automatically follows redirects using the follow-redirects package.

const http = require('follow-redirects').http;

http.get('http://example.com', (response) => {
  response.on('data', (chunk) => {
    console.log(chunk.toString());
  });
}).on('error', (err) => {
  console.error(err);
});

Customizing redirect options

This code snippet shows how to customize the behavior of follow-redirects by setting the maximum number of redirects to follow and adding a hook to log the URL before redirecting.

const https = require('follow-redirects').https;

const options = {
  maxRedirects: 10,
  beforeRedirect: (options, { headers }) => {
    console.log(`Redirecting to: ${options.hostname}${options.path}`);
  }
};

https.get('https://example.com', options, (response) => {
  // Handle response
}).on('error', (err) => {
  console.error(err);
});

Streaming response data

This example demonstrates how to stream data from an HTTP GET request to a file, which is useful for downloading files while following redirects.

const http = require('follow-redirects').http;
const fs = require('fs');

const file = fs.createWriteStream('downloaded_file.txt');

http.get('http://example.com/file', (response) => {
  response.pipe(file);
}).on('error', (err) => {
  console.error(err);
});