A pull-stream HTTP client for Node.js
npm i pull-fetch
Make an HTTP request. Options are the same as http.request. If it HTTPS it will switch the function.
Returns a pull-stream sink that reads data for the request. If the request has not body (e.g. a GET request) then function returned can be called with nothing to proceed with the response.
Then the stream returns a promise that resolves into a response object. It contains any property http.IncomingMessage has, plus source for streaming the response data as a pull-stream source
const response = await fetch({
host: 'api.example.com',
path: '/foobar',
method: 'POST'
})(
values([ 'hello', 'world' ])
)
console.log(response.headers)
collect((err, data) => {
data = Buffer.join(data).toString()
consle.log(data)
})(response.source)Or with no body:
const response = await fetch('https://api.example.com/foobar')()
console.log(response.headers)
drain(x => process.stdout.write(x))(response.source)Combining pull-streams and promises give an intuitive way to handle the requests. There is little to no overhead with Node's APIs.