fibered-http

Wrapper around http and https node.js libraries that uses fibers to improve ease of use.

Use

var http = require('fibered-http');
var result = http.request({url: 'http://foo.bar'});
console.log("I have html baby! " + result.body);

API

request(options)

Issues an http(s) request and immediately returns result, blocking fiber while waiting for a response. Automatically follows redirects unless explicitly told not to (see followRedirects option).

options

• url - URL to fetch
• query - Object of query parameters. Will be combined with any existing query parameters in path or url
• protocol - used to select either http or https node.js library for underlying call
• timeout - Sets a timeout. If timeout is triggered, request is cancelled and error is thrown
• maxRedirects - Maximum number of times to follow a redirect
• followRedirects - if false, will not automatically follow redirects
• node.js http/https request options - Other options are automatically passed through to the underlying node.js http/https request call

returns object with

• body - html response
• headers
• trailers
• statusCode
• httpVersion