node-curl/README.md
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node-curl [![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/jiangmiao/node-curl.png?branch=master)](http://travis-ci.org/jiangmiao/node-curl)
=========
node cURL wrapper, support all options and infos.
Quick Start
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* quick start
curl = require('node-curl');
curl('www.google.com', function(err) {
console.info(this.status);
console.info('-----');
console.info(this.body);
console.info('-----');
console.info(this.info('SIZE_DOWNLOAD'));
});
* with options
curl = require('node-curl')
curl('www.google.com', {VERBOSE: 1, RAW: 1}, function(err) {
console.info(this);
});
* run the example/test.js
node examples/test.js
Usage
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* curl
curl(url, [options = {}], callback)
callback includes 1 parameters (error)
result is stored in curl
* Retrieve Data from curl
members:
status - Http Response code
body - Http body
url - the url set by curl(...)
options - the options set by curl(...)
defaultOptions - the defaultOptions
effectiveOptions - the options curl used
methods:
info(name) - Get information of result, see 'info' section
* Curl Control
members
debug (default: false)
- logging node-curl debug info
methods:
void reset()
- reset curl and set options to default options
void setDefaultOptions(options, reset = true)
- set default options
curl create(defaultOptions)
- create a new curl with default options
Options
-------
* Any cURL Easy Options
eg: CURLOPT_VERBOSE will be VERBOSE, CURLOPT_HEADER will be HEADER
Full list at http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/curl_easy_setopt.html
* node-curl Extra Options
RAW - Returns Buffer instead of String in result.body
DEBUG - Replace curl.debug
* About slist parameters
node-curl support slist which map to Javascript Array
eg:
HTTP_HEADER: ['FOO', 'BAR']
HTTP_HEADER: 'FOO'
any non-array parameter will convert to [ parameter.toString() ]
Infos
-----
* Any cURL Info options
eg: CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL will be EFFETCTIVE_URL
full list at http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/curl_easy_getinfo.html
* About slist
slist will be returns in Array
eg: CURLINFO_COOKIELIST
Low Level Curl Usage
--------------------
require 'node-curl/lib/Curl'
Methods:
Curl setopt(optionName, optionValue)
Curl perform()
Curl on(eventType, callback)
Mixed getinfo(infoName)
Events:
'data', function(Buffer chunk) {}
'error', function(Error error) {}
'end', function() {}
Example: examples/low-level.js
var Curl = require('node-curl/lib/Curl')
var p = console.log;
var url = process.argv[2];
var curl = new Curl();
if (!url)
url = 'www.yahoo.com';
curl.setopt('URL', url);
curl.setopt('CONNECTTIMEOUT', 2);
// on 'data' must be returns chunk.length, or means interrupt the transfer
curl.on('data', function(chunk) {
p("receive " + chunk.length)
return chunk.length;
});
// curl.close() should be called in event 'error' and 'end' if the curl won't use any more.
// or the resource will not release until V8 garbage mark sweep.
curl.on('error', function(e) {
p("error: " + e.message)
curl.close();
});
curl.on('end', function() {
p('code: ' + curl.getinfo('RESPONSE_CODE'));
p('done.')
curl.close();
});
curl.perform();