krispi1 / tiny-json-http

:anchor: Minimalist HTTP client for JSON payloads.

tiny-json-http

Minimalist HTTP client for GET and POSTing JSON payloads

• Zero dependencies: perfect for AWS Lambda
• Sensible default: assumes buffered JSON responses
• System symmetry: Node style errback API, or Promises for use with Async/Await

npm i tiny-json-http --save

api

• tiny.get(options[, callback])
• tiny.post(options[, callback])
• tiny.put(options[, callback])
• tiny.del(options[, callback)]

*callback is optional, tiny methods will return a promise if no callback is provided

options

• url required
• data form vars for tiny.post, tiny.put, and tiny.delete otherwise querystring vars for tiny.get
• headers key/value map used for headers (including support for uploading files with multipart/form-data)
• buffer if set to true the response body is returned as a buffer

callback values

• err a real javascript Error if there was one
• data an object with headers and body keys

promises

• if no callback is provided to the tiny-json-http methods, a promise is returned
• perfect for use of async/await

examples

With Async / Await

var tiny = require('tiny-json-http')
var url = 'http://www.randomkittengenerator.com'

;(async function _iife() {
  try {
    console.log(await tiny.get({url}))
  } catch (err) {
    console.log('ruh roh!', err)
  }
})();

With Callback

var tiny = require('tiny-json-http')
var url = 'http://www.randomkittengenerator.com'

tiny.get({url}, function _get(err, result) {
  if (err) {
    console.log('ruh roh!', err)
  }
  else {
    console.log(result)
  }
})

Check out the tests for more examples! 💟