node-curl/README.md
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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, res) {
console.info(res.status);
console.info('-----');
console.info(res.body);
console.info('-----');
console.info(res.info('SIZE_DOWNLOAD'));
res.close();
});
* with options
curl = require('node-curl')
curl('www.google.com', {VERBOSE: 1, RAW: 1}, function(err, res) {
console.info(res);
res.close();
});
Usage
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* curl
curl(url, [options = {}], callback)
callback includes 2 parameters (error, result)
* result in callback
members:
status - Http Response code
body - Http body
methods:
info(name) - Get information of result, see 'info' section
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
* 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
Hints
-----
close the result to release resource of curl immediately.
or the resource will not release until gc performed.