HTTP Client

Make HTTP requests to external APIs and services.

Quick Start

GET Request

node /path/to/skills/http-client/scripts/request.js GET https://api.example.com/data

POST with JSON

node /path/to/skills/http-client/scripts/request.js POST https://api.example.com/users '{"name":"John"}'

With Headers

node /path/to/skills/http-client/scripts/request.js GET https://api.example.com/data --header "Authorization: Bearer token123"

Scripts

request.js

General-purpose HTTP request script.

Usage:

node request.js <METHOD> <URL> [BODY] [OPTIONS]

Options:

• --header "Key: Value" - Add custom header (can be used multiple times)
• --output <file> - Save response to file
• --timeout <ms> - Request timeout (default: 30000)

fetch-json.js

Simplified script for JSON APIs.

Usage:

node fetch-json.js <URL> [--post '{"data":"value"}']

Examples

Fetch JSON Data

node request.js GET https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1

Post Form Data

node request.js POST https://httpbin.org/post '{"key":"value"}' --header "Content-Type: application/json"

Download File

node request.js GET https://example.com/file.pdf --output downloaded.pdf

Response Format

The script outputs JSON with:

{
  "status": 200,
  "headers": { "content-type": "application/json" },
  "body": { "response": "data" }
}

Error Handling

• Network errors return exit code 1 with error message
• HTTP errors (4xx, 5xx) return the response with status code
• Timeout errors after 30 seconds (configurable)