| agent-base | |
| ========== | |
| ### Turn a function into an [`http.Agent`][http.Agent] instance | |
| [](https://github.com/TooTallNate/node-agent-base/actions?workflow=Node+CI) | |
| This module provides an `http.Agent` generator. That is, you pass it an async | |
| callback function, and it returns a new `http.Agent` instance that will invoke the | |
| given callback function when sending outbound HTTP requests. | |
| #### Some subclasses: | |
| Here's some more interesting uses of `agent-base`. | |
| Send a pull request to list yours! | |
| * [`http-proxy-agent`][http-proxy-agent]: An HTTP(s) proxy `http.Agent` implementation for HTTP endpoints | |
| * [`https-proxy-agent`][https-proxy-agent]: An HTTP(s) proxy `http.Agent` implementation for HTTPS endpoints | |
| * [`pac-proxy-agent`][pac-proxy-agent]: A PAC file proxy `http.Agent` implementation for HTTP and HTTPS | |
| * [`socks-proxy-agent`][socks-proxy-agent]: A SOCKS proxy `http.Agent` implementation for HTTP and HTTPS | |
| Installation | |
| ------------ | |
| Install with `npm`: | |
| ``` bash | |
| $ npm install agent-base | |
| ``` | |
| Example | |
| ------- | |
| Here's a minimal example that creates a new `net.Socket` connection to the server | |
| for every HTTP request (i.e. the equivalent of `agent: false` option): | |
| ```js | |
| var net = require('net'); | |
| var tls = require('tls'); | |
| var url = require('url'); | |
| var http = require('http'); | |
| var agent = require('agent-base'); | |
| var endpoint = 'http://nodejs.org/api/'; | |
| var parsed = url.parse(endpoint); | |
| // This is the important part! | |
| parsed.agent = agent(function (req, opts) { | |
| var socket; | |
| // `secureEndpoint` is true when using the https module | |
| if (opts.secureEndpoint) { | |
| socket = tls.connect(opts); | |
| } else { | |
| socket = net.connect(opts); | |
| } | |
| return socket; | |
| }); | |
| // Everything else works just like normal... | |
| http.get(parsed, function (res) { | |
| console.log('"response" event!', res.headers); | |
| res.pipe(process.stdout); | |
| }); | |
| ``` | |
| Returning a Promise or using an `async` function is also supported: | |
| ```js | |
| agent(async function (req, opts) { | |
| await sleep(1000); | |
| // etc… | |
| }); | |
| ``` | |
| Return another `http.Agent` instance to "pass through" the responsibility | |
| for that HTTP request to that agent: | |
| ```js | |
| agent(function (req, opts) { | |
| return opts.secureEndpoint ? https.globalAgent : http.globalAgent; | |
| }); | |
| ``` | |
| API | |
| --- | |
| ## Agent(Function callback[, Object options]) → [http.Agent][] | |
| Creates a base `http.Agent` that will execute the callback function `callback` | |
| for every HTTP request that it is used as the `agent` for. The callback function | |
| is responsible for creating a `stream.Duplex` instance of some kind that will be | |
| used as the underlying socket in the HTTP request. | |
| The `options` object accepts the following properties: | |
| * `timeout` - Number - Timeout for the `callback()` function in milliseconds. Defaults to Infinity (optional). | |
| The callback function should have the following signature: | |
| ### callback(http.ClientRequest req, Object options, Function cb) → undefined | |
| The ClientRequest `req` can be accessed to read request headers and | |
| and the path, etc. The `options` object contains the options passed | |
| to the `http.request()`/`https.request()` function call, and is formatted | |
| to be directly passed to `net.connect()`/`tls.connect()`, or however | |
| else you want a Socket to be created. Pass the created socket to | |
| the callback function `cb` once created, and the HTTP request will | |
| continue to proceed. | |
| If the `https` module is used to invoke the HTTP request, then the | |
| `secureEndpoint` property on `options` _will be set to `true`_. | |
| License | |
| ------- | |
| (The MIT License) | |
| Copyright (c) 2013 Nathan Rajlich <nathan@tootallnate.net> | |
| Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining | |
| a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the | |
| 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including | |
| without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, | |
| distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to | |
| permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to | |
| the following conditions: | |
| The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be | |
| included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. | |
| THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, | |
| EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF | |
| MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. | |
| IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY | |
| CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, | |
| TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE | |
| SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. | |
| [http-proxy-agent]: https://github.com/TooTallNate/node-http-proxy-agent | |
| [https-proxy-agent]: https://github.com/TooTallNate/node-https-proxy-agent | |
| [pac-proxy-agent]: https://github.com/TooTallNate/node-pac-proxy-agent | |
| [socks-proxy-agent]: https://github.com/TooTallNate/node-socks-proxy-agent | |
| [http.Agent]: https://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_class_http_agent | |