nodejs-typescript-https-request

import { ClientRequest} from "http";
import http =  require("https");

/**
 * https request class in typesript to show how to manage errors and events
 * to help prevent ECONNRESET errors
 */
export class HttpRequest {

public async send(options: http.RequestOptions, data?: any): Promise<any> {

    let result:string = "";  
    const promise = new Promise( (resolve, reject) => {

        
        const req:ClientRequest = http.request(options, (res) => {
                
            console.log('statusCode:', res.statusCode);
            console.log('headers:', res.headers);

            res.on("data", chunk => {
            result += chunk;
            });

            res.on("error", err => {
            console.log(err);  
            reject(err);    
            });

            res.on("end", () => {
            try {
                let body = result;              
                //there are empty responses

                if (res.statusCode === 200) {
                body = JSON.parse(result);
                }

                console.log(res.statusCode, result);

                resolve(body);
            } catch (err) {
                console.log(err);
                reject(err);
            }
            });
        });

        /***
         * handles the errors on the request
         */
        req.on("error", (err) => {
            console.log(err);
            reject(err);
        });

        /***
         * handles the timeout error
         */
        req.on('timeout', (err) => {          
            console.log(err);    
            req.abort();
        });

        /***
         * unhandle errors on the request
         */
        req.on('uncaughtException', (err) => {
            console.log(err);           
            req.abort();
        });

        /**
         * adds the payload/body
         */
        if (data) {
            const body = JSON.stringify(data);    
            req.write(body);
        }
        
        /**
         * end the request to prevent ECONNRESETand socket hung errors
         */
        req.end(() => {
            console.log('request ends');
        });

    });

    return promise;
}
}


/**
 * entry point function to make a http request
 */
const main = async () =>{
    
    /**
     * define the http request options
     */
    const requestOptions:http.RequestOptions = {

        hostname: "hostname.com",
        method: "GET",
        path: "/api/data",
        port: 443,    
        headers: {
        Accept: "application/json;odata=verbose",
        Authorization: "auth-token",
        "Content-Type": "application/json;odata=verbose",      
        },
        timeout: 5 * (1000)  //n seconds
        //TLS options below
        //secureProtocol: 'TLSv1_method', 
    };

    const request = new HttpRequest();
    const resp = await request.send(requestOptions);
    console.log(resp);
}

//run the main function
main();

With syntax highlighting:

import { ClientRequest} from "http";
import http =  require("https");

/**
 * https request class in typesript to show how to manage errors and events
 * to help prevent ECONNRESET errors
 */
export class HttpRequest {

public async send(options: http.RequestOptions, data?: any): Promise<any> {

    let result:string = "";  
    const promise = new Promise( (resolve, reject) => {

        
        const req:ClientRequest = http.request(options, (res) => {
                
            console.log('statusCode:', res.statusCode);
            console.log('headers:', res.headers);

            res.on("data", chunk => {
            result += chunk;
            });

            res.on("error", err => {
            console.log(err);  
            reject(err);    
            });

            res.on("end", () => {
            try {
                let body = result;              
                //there are empty responses

                if (res.statusCode === 200) {
                body = JSON.parse(result);
                }

                console.log(res.statusCode, result);

                resolve(body);
            } catch (err) {
                console.log(err);
                reject(err);
            }
            });
        });

        /***
         * handles the errors on the request
         */
        req.on("error", (err) => {
            console.log(err);
            reject(err);
        });

        /***
         * handles the timeout error
         */
        req.on('timeout', (err) => {          
            console.log(err);    
            req.abort();
        });

        /***
         * unhandle errors on the request
         */
        req.on('uncaughtException', (err) => {
            console.log(err);           
            req.abort();
        });

        /**
         * adds the payload/body
         */
        if (data) {
            const body = JSON.stringify(data);    
            req.write(body);
        }
        
        /**
         * end the request to prevent ECONNRESETand socket hung errors
         */
        req.end(() => {
            console.log('request ends');
        });

    });

    return promise;
}
}


/**
 * entry point function to make a http request
 */
const main = async () =>{
    
    /**
     * define the http request options
     */
    const requestOptions:http.RequestOptions = {

        hostname: "hostname.com",
        method: "GET",
        path: "/api/data",
        port: 443,    
        headers: {
        Accept: "application/json;odata=verbose",
        Authorization: "auth-token",
        "Content-Type": "application/json;odata=verbose",      
        },
        timeout: 5 * (1000)  //n seconds
        //TLS options below
        //secureProtocol: 'TLSv1_method', 
    };

    const request = new HttpRequest();
    const resp = await request.send(requestOptions);
    console.log(resp);
}

//run the main function
main();