Good default configuration for axios in node.js

axios-instance-config.js

const axios = require('axios');
const http = require('http');
const https = require('https');

module.exports = axios.create({
  //60 sec timeout
  timeout: 60000,

  //keepAlive pools and reuses TCP connections, so it's faster
  httpAgent: new http.Agent({ keepAlive: true }),
  httpsAgent: new https.Agent({ keepAlive: true }),
  
  //follow up to 10 HTTP 3xx redirects
  maxRedirects: 10,
  
  //cap the maximum content length we'll accept to 50MBs, just in case
  maxContentLength: 50 * 1000 * 1000
});

//optionally add interceptors here...

Thank you @ccnokes and @supertong - solved some very frustrating issues thanks to your comments!