make-fetch-happen
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The make-fetch-happen npm package is a wrapper around the node-fetch package which provides additional features such as caching, retries, proxy support, and more. It is designed to make HTTP requests in Node.js environments more robust and feature-rich.
Caching
This feature allows make-fetch-happen to cache responses locally, which can be reused for future requests to the same resource, saving bandwidth and time.
const fetch = require('make-fetch-happen').defaults({
cacheManager: './my-cache' // path where cache will be stored
});
fetch('https://example.com').then(response => response.json()).then(data => console.log(data));Retries
This feature enables automatic retries of failed requests, with customizable settings for the number of retries, delay strategy, and more.
const fetch = require('make-fetch-happen').defaults({
retry: {
retries: 3, // maximum amount of retries
factor: 2, // the exponential factor for delay between retries
minTimeout: 1000 // the number of milliseconds before starting the first retry
}
});
fetch('https://example.com').then(response => response.json()).then(data => console.log(data));Proxy Support
This feature allows requests to be made through a specified HTTP or HTTPS proxy.
const fetch = require('make-fetch-happen').defaults({
proxy: 'http://myproxy.com:8080'
});
fetch('https://example.com').then(response => response.json()).then(data => console.log(data));Timeouts
This feature allows setting a maximum time to wait for a response before aborting the request.
const fetch = require('make-fetch-happen').defaults({
timeout: 5000 // time in milliseconds
});
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node-fetch is a light-weight module that brings the Fetch API to Node.js. It is a minimalistic and straightforward implementation of the standard without additional features like caching or retries. make-fetch-happen is built on top of node-fetch, adding more advanced features on top of the basic functionality provided by node-fetch.
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make-fetch-happen is a Node.js
library that wraps minipass-fetch with additional
features minipass-fetch doesn't intend to include, including HTTP Cache support, request
pooling, proxies, retries, and more!
$ npm install --save make-fetch-happen
const fetch = require('make-fetch-happen').defaults({
cachePath: './my-cache' // path where cache will be written (and read)
})
fetch('https://registry.npmjs.org/make-fetch-happen').then(res => {
return res.json() // download the body as JSON
}).then(body => {
console.log(`got ${body.name} from web`)
return fetch('https://registry.npmjs.org/make-fetch-happen', {
cache: 'no-cache' // forces a conditional request
})
}).then(res => {
console.log(res.status) // 304! cache validated!
return res.json().then(body => {
console.log(`got ${body.name} from cache`)
})
})
minipass-fetch for the core fetch API implementationCache-Control, ETag, 304s, cache fallback on error, etc).@npmcli/agent)@npmcli/agent)> fetch(uriOrRequest, [opts]) -> Promise<Response>This function implements most of the fetch API: given a uri string or a Request instance, it will fire off an http request and return a Promise containing the relevant response.
If opts is provided, the minipass-fetch-specific options will be passed to that library. There are also additional options specific to make-fetch-happen that add various features, such as HTTP caching, integrity verification, proxy support, and more.
fetch('https://google.com').then(res => res.buffer())
> fetch.defaults([defaultUrl], [defaultOpts])Returns a new fetch function that will call make-fetch-happen using defaultUrl and defaultOpts as default values to any calls.
A defaulted fetch will also have a .defaults() method, so they can be chained.
const fetch = require('make-fetch-happen').defaults({
cachePath: './my-local-cache'
})
fetch('https://registry.npmjs.org/make-fetch-happen') // will always use the cache
> minipass-fetch optionsThe following options for minipass-fetch are used as-is:
These other options are modified or augmented by make-fetch-happen:
User-Agent set to make-fetch happen. Connection is set to keep-alive or close automatically depending on opts.agent.For more details, see the documentation for minipass-fetch itself.
> make-fetch-happen optionsmake-fetch-happen augments the minipass-fetch API with additional features available through extra options. The following extra options are available:
opts.cachePath - Cache target to read/writeopts.cache - fetch cache mode. Controls cache behavior.opts.cacheAdditionalHeaders - Store additional headers in the cacheopts.proxy - Proxy agentopts.noProxy - Domain segments to disable proxying for.opts.ca, opts.cert, opts.key, opts.strictSSLopts.localAddressopts.maxSocketsopts.retry - Request retry settingsopts.onRetry - a function called whenever a retry is attemptedopts.integrity - Subresource Integrity metadata.opts.dns - DNS cache optionsopts.agent - http/https/proxy/socks agent options. See @npmcli/agent for more info.> opts.cachePathA string Path to be used as the cache root for cacache.
NOTE: Requests will not be cached unless their response bodies are consumed. You will need to use one of the res.json(), res.buffer(), etc methods on the response, or drain the res.body stream, in order for it to be written.
The default cache manager also adds the following headers to cached responses:
X-Local-Cache: Path to the cache the content was found inX-Local-Cache-Key: Unique cache entry key for this responseX-Local-Cache-Mode: Always stream to indicate how the response was read from cacacheX-Local-Cache-Hash: Specific integrity hash for the cached entryX-Local-Cache-Status: One of miss, hit, stale, revalidated, updated, or skip to signal how the response was createdX-Local-Cache-Time: UTCString of the cache insertion time for the entryUsing cacache, a call like this may be used to
manually fetch the cached entry:
const h = response.headers
cacache.get(h.get('x-local-cache'), h.get('x-local-cache-key'))
// grab content only, directly:
cacache.get.byDigest(h.get('x-local-cache'), h.get('x-local-cache-hash'))
fetch('https://registry.npmjs.org/make-fetch-happen', {
cachePath: './my-local-cache'
}) // -> 200-level response will be written to disk
> opts.cacheThis option follows the standard fetch API cache option. This option will do nothing if opts.cachePath is null. The following values are accepted (as strings):
default - Fetch will inspect the HTTP cache on the way to the network. If there is a fresh response it will be used. If there is a stale response a conditional request will be created, and a normal request otherwise. It then updates the HTTP cache with the response. If the revalidation request fails (for example, on a 500 or if you're offline), the stale response will be returned.no-store - Fetch behaves as if there is no HTTP cache at all.reload - Fetch behaves as if there is no HTTP cache on the way to the network. Ergo, it creates a normal request and updates the HTTP cache with the response.no-cache - Fetch creates a conditional request if there is a response in the HTTP cache and a normal request otherwise. It then updates the HTTP cache with the response.force-cache - Fetch uses any response in the HTTP cache matching the request, not paying attention to staleness. If there was no response, it creates a normal request and updates the HTTP cache with the response.only-if-cached - Fetch uses any response in the HTTP cache matching the request, not paying attention to staleness. If there was no response, it returns a network error. (Can only be used when request’s mode is "same-origin". Any cached redirects will be followed assuming request’s redirect mode is "follow" and the redirects do not violate request’s mode.)(Note: option descriptions are taken from https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#http-network-or-cache-fetch)
const fetch = require('make-fetch-happen').defaults({
cachePath: './my-cache'
})
// Will error with ENOTCACHED if we haven't already cached this url
fetch('https://registry.npmjs.org/make-fetch-happen', {
cache: 'only-if-cached'
})
// Will refresh any local content and cache the new response
fetch('https://registry.npmjs.org/make-fetch-happen', {
cache: 'reload'
})
// Will use any local data, even if stale. Otherwise, will hit network.
fetch('https://registry.npmjs.org/make-fetch-happen', {
cache: 'force-cache'
})
> opts.cacheAdditionalHeadersThe following headers are always stored in the cache when present:
cache-controlcontent-encodingcontent-languagecontent-typedateetagexpireslast-modifiedlinklocationpragmavaryThis option allows a user to store additional custom headers in the cache.
fetch('https://registry.npmjs.org/make-fetch-happen', {
cacheAdditionalHeaders: ['my-custom-header'],
})
> opts.proxyA string or new url.URL()-d URI to proxy through. Different Proxy handlers will be
used depending on the proxy's protocol.
Additionally, process.env.HTTP_PROXY, process.env.HTTPS_PROXY, and
process.env.PROXY are used if present and no opts.proxy value is provided.
(Pending) process.env.NO_PROXY may also be configured to skip proxying requests for all, or specific domains.
fetch('https://registry.npmjs.org/make-fetch-happen', {
proxy: 'https://corporate.yourcompany.proxy:4445'
})
fetch('https://registry.npmjs.org/make-fetch-happen', {
proxy: {
protocol: 'https:',
hostname: 'corporate.yourcompany.proxy',
port: 4445
}
})
> opts.noProxyIf present, should be a comma-separated string or an array of domain extensions that a proxy should not be used for.
This option may also be provided through process.env.NO_PROXY.
> opts.ca, opts.cert, opts.key, opts.strictSSLThese values are passed in directly to the HTTPS agent and will be used for both
proxied and unproxied outgoing HTTPS requests. They mostly correspond to the
same options the https module accepts, which will be themselves passed to
tls.connect(). opts.strictSSL corresponds to rejectUnauthorized.
> opts.localAddressPassed directly to http and https request calls. Determines the local
address to bind to.
> opts.maxSocketsDefault: 15
Maximum number of active concurrent sockets to use for the underlying Http/Https/Proxy agents. This setting applies once per spawned agent.
15 is probably a pretty good value for most use-cases, and balances speed with, uh, not knocking out people's routers. 🤓
> opts.retryAn object that can be used to tune request retry settings. Retries will only be attempted on the following conditions:
POST AND408, 420, 429, or any status in the 500-range. ORECONNRESET, ECONNREFUSED, EADDRINUSE, ETIMEDOUT, or the fetch error request-timeout.The following are worth noting as explicitly not retried:
getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND and will be assumed to be either an unreachable domain or the user will be assumed offline. If a response is cached, it will be returned immediately.If opts.retry is false, it is equivalent to {retries: 0}
If opts.retry is a number, it is equivalent to {retries: num}
The following retry options are available if you want more control over it:
For details on what each of these do, refer to the retry documentation.
fetch('https://flaky.site.com', {
retry: {
retries: 10,
randomize: true
}
})
fetch('http://reliable.site.com', {
retry: false
})
fetch('http://one-more.site.com', {
retry: 3
})
> opts.onRetryA function called with the response or error which caused the retry whenever one is attempted.
fetch('https://flaky.site.com', {
onRetry(cause) {
console.log('we will retry because of', cause)
}
})
> opts.integrityMatches the response body against the given Subresource Integrity metadata. If verification fails, the request will fail with an EINTEGRITY error.
integrity may either be a string or an ssri Integrity-like.
fetch('https://registry.npmjs.org/make-fetch-happen/-/make-fetch-happen-1.0.0.tgz', {
integrity: 'sha1-o47j7zAYnedYFn1dF/fR9OV3z8Q='
}) // -> ok
fetch('https://malicious-registry.org/make-fetch-happen/-/make-fetch-happen-1.0.0.tgz', {
integrity: 'sha1-o47j7zAYnedYFn1dF/fR9OV3z8Q='
}) // Error: EINTEGRITY
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