The forever-agent npm package is an HTTP/HTTPS Agent that keeps connection alive between requests. It is used primarily to reuse TCP connections in Node.js HTTP networking, which can lead to improved performance in some scenarios.

What are forever-agent's main functionalities?

Connection Reuse

This feature allows the agent to keep the TCP connection open for future requests to the same host, which can reduce the latency associated with establishing new TCP connections for each request.

const http = require('http');
const ForeverAgent = require('forever-agent');
const agent = new ForeverAgent();

http.request({
  host: 'example.com',
  agent: agent
});

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forever-agent

HTTP Agent that keeps socket connections alive between keep-alive requests. Formerly part of mikeal/request, now a standalone module.

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Last updated on 07 Apr 2015

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