| agent-base |
| ========== |
| ### Turn a function into an [`http.Agent`][http.Agent] instance |
| [](https://travis-ci.org/TooTallNate/node-agent-base) |
| |
| 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 (v4a) 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`_. |
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| |
| 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 |