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hawkerquest
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A wrapper that puts hawk in hyperquest, and still works on the browser.
npm install hawkerquest
var hawkerquest = require('hawkerquest');
// treat it like hyperquest
var hawkerquest = require('hawkerquest');
var credential = {
"key": "werxhqb98rpaxn39848xrunpaw3489ruxnpa98w4rxn",
"algorithm": "sha256",
"id": "dh37fgj492je"
};
hawkerquest('http://resource.com/endpoint', {
hawk: credential
}).pipe(process.stdout);
var hawkerquest = require('hawkerquest');
var bewit = 'ZGgzN2ZnajQ5MmplXDEzNzU5NzM0NzFcSFJuSTRSR0l5bitVTXRQdjJ0MzIvMXhRc2pOSWlEN0JYSGFZMnJvMkloST1c';
hawkerquest('http://resource.com/endpoint', {
bewit: bewit
}).pipe(process.stdout);
Clone this repository, make and then you'll find inside the build folder
a bundle that attaches the hyperquest to the global object, and works on
the browser. Hawks
browser.js
was used.
FAQs
Hawk authentication mechanism for hyperquest
We found that hawkerquest demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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