http-node

http-node

This module is a standalone package of Nodes http, Node.js v0.12.3. Unlike http-browserify, this is not a shim but the original code of Node, so it requires the net module. This is useful for having the Node core APIs on JS platforms other than Node, where TCP socket APIs are available (which can be wrapped in a net module), such as Chrome Apps.

install / usage with browserify

npm install http-node

To use it with browserify, you have to use the js API of browserify; the command line API does not support changing builtins.

Example:

var browserify = require('browserify');

var builtins = require('browserify/lib/builtins.js');
builtins.http = require.resolve('http-node');

var b = browserify();

b.add(...

The above example will use http-node for all browserify builds. If you only want it for a specific build of a larger build script:

var browserify = require('browserify');

var builtins = require('browserify/lib/builtins.js');
var myBuiltins = {};
Object.keys(builtins).forEach(function(key) {
  myBuiltins[key] = builtins[key];
});

myBuiltins.http = require.resolve('http-node')

var b = browserify({builtins: myBuiltins});

b.add(...

differences to original Node.js code

• require calls of _http_* modules prefixed with ./
• uses http-parser-js
• commented out calls to DTRACE_HTTP_* and COUNTER_HTTP_*
• in older versions of stream module, cork was not available, fix for that in _http_outgoing.js

credit

The code is taken from the Node.js project: Copyright Joyent, Inc. and other Node contributors.

Node.js is a registered trademark of Joyent, Inc. in the United states and other countries. This package is not formally related to or endorsed by the official Joyent Node.js project.

license

MIT