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API brainstorm for treating node.js http(s) as a stream
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| var http2 = require('http2'); // working title | |
| http2.get('http://foo.com').pipe(...); | |
| http2('http://foo.com').pipe(...); | |
| http2('https://example.com') | |
| .on('response', function (res) { | |
| // e.g. allows you to inspect the headers and take appropriate action | |
| if (res.headers['some-header'] === 'some-value') | |
| this.abort(); | |
| }) | |
| .on('data', function (chunk) { | |
| // we are getting data... deal with it! | |
| }) | |
| .on('end', function () { | |
| // end of transmission | |
| }) | |
| .on('body', function (body) { | |
| // this is the entire body - easier if you don't require streaming | |
| }) | |
| .on('error', function (err) { | |
| // this could either be a request or a response error | |
| }); | |
| var req = http2('http://foo.com'); | |
| req.setHeader('foo', 'bar'); | |
| var chunk = req.read(); | |
| var req = http2.post('http://foo.com'); | |
| someDateStream.pipe(req).on('data', function (chunk) { | |
| // we got data back | |
| }); |
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