httpu

node-httpu is a very small library that enables you to make http client requests over a Unix Domain Socket. Arguably, this code should be in node core, but for the time being, it's not.

Usage

The library is very simple, and small, and only exposes you the ability to create a new fd socket that can be used with the existing node net API:

var httpu = require('httpu');

var options = {
  socketPath: '/tmp/httpu-sock',
  path: '/index.html'
};

var req = httpu.get(options, function(res) {
  console.log('STATUS: ' + res.statusCode);
  console.log('HEADERS: ' + JSON.stringify(res.headers));
  res.setEncoding('utf8');
  res.on('data', function (chunk) {
    console.log('BODY: ' + chunk);
  });
}).on('error', function(e) {
  console.log("Got error: " + e.message);
});

This is just a direct overlay on top of the HTTP binding, except you can specify a socketPath as opposed to host:port.

Installation

npm install httpu

License

MIT.

Bugs

See https://github.com/mcavage/node-httpu/issues.