request-options

request-options

Default options object generator written in ES6 for the popular NodeJS package Request, providing a generic set of request options for the request package that can be augmented by providing options or defaults to overwrite.

Install

$ npm install -S request-options

Usage

requestOptions( [options][, defaults] )

@param {Object} [options]
@param {Object} [defaults]
@returns {Object}

options

Any valid request options object

defaults

These defaults are intended for communication with APIs/services that accept and return JSON:

• json: true
• gzip: true
• timeout: 10000

The defaults can be overwritten by providing your own defaults parameter object with the new values. Any additional values will be ignored, use the options object for your extended options.

Examples

The basic use case will return true for json and gzip, as well as a timeout of 10 seconds

const requestOptions = require('request-options');
const request = require('request');

function responseHandler (err, res, body) {
  // handle request response
}

request(requestOptions(), responseHandler);

// requestOptions => {
  json: true,
  gzip: true,
  timeout: 10000
}

Adding additional options

const requestOptions = require('request-options');
const request = require('request');

const options = {
  method: 'get',
  url: 'https://api.yoursite.com/endpoint'
};

function responseHandler (err, res, body) {
  // handle request response
}

request(requestOptions(options), responseHandler);

// requestOptions => {
  method: 'get',
  url: 'https://api.yoursite.com/endpoint',
  json: true,
  gzip: true,
  timeout: 10000
}

Overwriting the defaults

const requestOptions = require('request-options');
const request = require('request');

const options = {
  method: 'get',
  url: 'https://api.yoursite.com/endpoint'
};
const defaults = {
  gzip: false,
  timeout: 20000
};

function responseHandler (err, res, body) {
  // handle request response
}

request(requestOptions(options, defaults), responseHandler);

// requestOptions => {
  method: 'get',
  url: 'https://api.yoursite.com/endpoint',
  json: true,
  gzip: false,
  timeout: 20000
}

Notice how the default json value is still present and left unchanged

Tests

The test suite is located in the test/ directory. All new features are expected to have corresponding test cases. Ensure that the complete test suite passes by executing:

$ npm test

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2017 Nigel Horton