var httpreq = require('./lib/httpreq'); fs = require('fs') // example1(); // get www.google.com // example2(); // do some post // example3(); // same as above + extra headers + cookies // example4(); // https also works: // example5(); // uploading some file: // example6(); // u can use doRequest instead of .get or .post // example7(); // download a binary file: // example8(); // send json // example9(); // send your own body content (eg. xml) // example10(); // set max redirects: // example11(); // set timeout // example12(); // // download file directly to disk // get www.google.com function example1(){ httpreq.get('http://www.google.com', function (err, res){ if (err){ console.log(err); }else{ console.log(res.headers); //headers are stored in res.headers console.log(res.body); //content of the body is stored in res.body } }); } // do some post function example2(){ httpreq.post('http://posttestserver.com/post.php', { parameters: { name: 'John', lastname: 'Doe' } }, function (err, res){ if (err){ console.log(err); }else{ console.log(res.body); } }); } // same as above + extra headers + cookies function example3(){ httpreq.post('http://posttestserver.com/post.php', { parameters: { name: 'John', lastname: 'Doe' }, headers:{ 'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; rv:18.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/18.0' }, cookies: [ 'token=DGcGUmplWQSjfqEvmu%2BZA%2Fc', 'id=2' ] }, function (err, res){ if (err){ console.log(err); }else{ console.log(res.body); } }); } // https also works: function example4(){ httpreq.get('https://graph.facebook.com/19292868552', function (err, res){ if (err){ console.log(err); }else{ console.log(JSON.parse(res.body)); } }); } // uploading some file: function example5(){ httpreq.uploadFiles({ url: "http://rekognition.com/demo/do_upload/", parameters:{ name_space : 'something', }, files:{ fileToUpload: __dirname + "/test/testupload.jpg" }}, function (err, res){ if (err) return console.log(err); console.log(res.body); }); } // u can use doRequest instead of .get or .post function example6(){ httpreq.doRequest({ url: 'https://graph.facebook.com/19292868552', method: 'GET', parameters: { name: 'test' } }, function (err, res){ if (err){ console.log(err); }else{ console.log(JSON.parse(res.body)); } }); } // download a binary file: function example7(){ httpreq.get('https://ssl.gstatic.com/gb/images/k1_a31af7ac.png', { binary: true, progressCallback: function (err, progress) { console.log(progress); } }, function (err, res){ if (err){ console.log(err); }else{ fs.writeFile(__dirname + '/test.png', res.body, function (err) { if(err) return console.log("error writing file"); }); } }); } // send json function example8(){ httpreq.post('http://posttestserver.com/post.php',{ json: {name: 'John', lastname: 'Do'}, headers:{ 'Content-Type': 'text/xml', }}, function (err, res) { if (err){ console.log(err); }else{ console.log(res.body); } } ); } // send your own body content (eg. xml): function example9(){ httpreq.post('http://posttestserver.com/post.php',{ body: '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>', headers:{ 'Content-Type': 'text/xml', }}, function (err, res) { if (err){ console.log(err); }else{ console.log(res.body); } } ); } // set max redirects: function example10(){ httpreq.get('http://scobleizer.com/feed/',{ maxRedirects: 2, // default is 10 headers:{ 'User-Agent': 'Magnet', //for some reason causes endless redirects on this site... }}, function (err, res) { if (err){ console.log(err); }else{ console.log(res.body); } } ); } // set timeout function example11(){ httpreq.get('http://localhost:3000/',{ timeout: (5 * 1000) // timeout in milliseconds }, function (err, res) { if (err){ console.log(err); }else{ console.log(res.body); } } ); } // download file directly to disk: function example12 () { httpreq.download( 'https://ssl.gstatic.com/gb/images/k1_a31af7ac.png', __dirname + '/test.png' , function (err, progress){ if (err) return console.log(err); console.log(progress); }, function (err, res){ if (err) return console.log(err); console.log(res); }); }