http-utility

http-utility

A wrapper for handling events around http requests and responses. This includes the following events:

request.connect
request.error
request.finish
request.socket

response.data
response.end
response.error

socket.connection
socket.error
socket.timeout

Install

npm install http-utility

Usage

Get Method

var Http = require('http-utility'),
    // See http://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_http_request_options_callback
    options = {
        host: 'your-host-name'
    },
    request;

request = Http.get(options, function callback (error, data) {
    // do something
});

Post Method

var Http = require('http-utility'),
    // See http://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_http_request_options_callback
    options = {
        host: 'your-host-name',
        path: 'your/post/path',
        post_data: {data: "your data"},
        headers: {
            'Content-Type': 'your/content',
            'Content-Length': 'your-data-length'
        }
    },
    request;

request = Http.post(options, function callback (error, data) {
    // do something
});