jbenet / http-client-stream

http-client-stream

Usage

Use http requests as streams:

var http = require('http-client-stream')
var endpoint = http('http://www.google.com')
var stream = endpoint.createStream()
process.stdin.pipe(stream.pipe(process.stdout))

Use request options to add methods:

var http = require('http-client-stream')
var endpoint = http('http://www.google.com')
var stream = endpoint.createStream({
  method: 'HEAD'
})
process.stdin.pipe(stream.pipe(process.stdout))

Use request options to add headers:

var http = require('http-client-stream')
var endpoint = http('http://www.google.com')
var stream = endpoint.createStream({
  headers: {
    'Range': 'bytes=9000-9001'
  }
})
process.stdin.pipe(stream.pipe(process.stdout))

CLI

You can even use the cli:

npm install -g http-client-stream
http-stream http://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/QmUW2JxCaELBzy6jhdQjmyvd7sv1EVpunE2kqQta3SekYM/big_buck_bunny.avi

And you can pass json opts

http-stream http://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/QmUW2JxCaELBzy6jhdQjmyvd7sv1EVpunE2kqQta3SekYM/big_buck_bunny.avi '{"headers": {"Range":"bytes=100-104"}}'

And a body

> echo beep boop | http-stream --body http://localhost/echo '{"method": "POST"}'
beep boop