needle - npm Package Compare versions

Comparing version 0.1.4 to 0.1.5

lib/needle.js

@@ -14,2 +14,3 @@ //////////////////////////////////////////
 		url = require('url'),
+		unzip = require('zlib').unzip,
 		stringify = require('qs').stringify,
@@ -79,2 +80,3 @@ version = require('./../package').version;
 		var protocol = is_https ? https : http;
+		var request_compressed = options.compressed || false;
 
@@ -92,2 +94,4 @@ var parse_response = options.parse == false ? false : true;
 
+		if(request_compressed) headers['Accept-Encoding'] = 'gzip,deflate';
+
 		if(data) {
@@ -126,6 +130,23 @@ if(options.multipart){
 
+		var response_end = function(response, body){
+
+			if(process.env.DEBUG) console.log(response.headers);
+			var content_type = response.headers['content-type'].split(';')[0];
+
+			if(parse_response && parsers[content_type]) {
+				parsers[content_type](body, function(result){
+					if(callback) callback(null, response, result);
+				});
+			} else {
+				if(callback) callback(null, response, body);
+			}
+
+		};
+
 		var request = protocol.request(request_opts, function(response){
 
 			var body = '';
-			response.setEncoding('utf8');
+			var compressed = /gzip|deflate/.test(response.headers['content-encoding']);
+			var response_encoding = compressed ? 'binary' : 'utf8';
+			response.setEncoding(response_encoding);
 
@@ -139,10 +160,8 @@ if(timer) clearTimeout(timer);
 			response.on('end', function() {
-				var content_type = response.headers['content-type'].split(';')[0];
-				if(parse_response && parsers[content_type]) {
-					parsers[content_type](body, function(result){
-						if(callback) callback(null, response, result);
+				if(compressed)
+					unzip(new Buffer(body, 'binary'), function(err, buff){
+						response_end(response, buff.toString())
 					});
-				} else {
-					if(callback) callback(null, response, body);
-				}
+				else
+					response_end(response, body);
 			});
@@ -149,0 +168,0 @@

package.json

 {
     "name": "needle"
-  , "version": "0.1.4"
+  , "version": "0.1.5"
   , "description": "Simplest HTTP client ever. Supports multipart uploads."
@@ -5,0 +5,0 @@ , "keywords": ["http", "https", "client", "multipart", "simple"]

README.md

 Needle
 ======
 
-HTTP client for node. Supports HTTP basic auth, HTTPS, nested params and multipart
-form uploads. Really simple stuff, around ~200 lines of code.
+HTTP client for node. Supports HTTPS, basic authentication, nested params, multipart
+form uploads and gzip/deflate compression. Really simple stuff, around ~250 lines of code.
 
@@ -22,2 +22,3 @@ Usage
 
+ - compressed: Whether to ask for a deflated or gzipped response or not. Defaults to false.
  - timeout: Returns error if response takes more than X. Defaults to 10000 (10 secs).
@@ -55,2 +56,3 @@ - multipart: Enables multipart/form-data encoding. Defaults to false.
       password: 'secret',
+      compressed: true,
       timeout: false,
@@ -57,0 +59,0 @@ headers: {

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Total package byte prevSize

10943

increased by7.53%

Lines of code

229

increased by6.51%

Number of lines in readme file

115

increased by1.77%

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Number of low supply chain risk alerts

7

increased by16.67%

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