Make Node.js Fetch Like Browser
Previous article briefly introduced Node.js http module’s get and post methods, but because post configuration is still quite cumbersome, today recommend a module:
Installation
npm install node-fetch --save
Usage
var fetch = require('node-fetch');
// HTML
fetch('https://github.com/')
.then(function(res) {
return res.text();
}).then(function(body) {
console.log(body);
});
// JSON
fetch('https://api.github.com/users/github')
.then(function(res) {
return res.json();
}).then(function(json) {
console.log(json);
});
// When network error occurs
fetch('http://domain.invalid/')
.catch(function(err) {
console.log(err);
});
// stream
var fs = require("fs")
fetch('https://assets-cdn.github.com/images/modules/logos_page/Octocat.png')
.then(function(res) {
var dest = fs.createWriteStream('./octocat.png');
res.body.pipe(dest);
});
// buffer
var fileType = require('file-type');
fetch('https://assets-cdn.github.com/images/modules/logos_page/Octocat.png')
.then(function(res) {
return res.buffer();
}).then(function(buffer) {
fileType(buffer);
});
// meta
fetch('https://github.com/')
.then(function(res) {
console.log(res.ok);
console.log(res.status);
console.log(res.statusText);
console.log(res.headers.raw());
console.log(res.headers.get('content-type'));
});
// POST request
fetch('http://httpbin.org/post', { method: 'POST', body: 'a=1' })
.then(function(res) {
return res.json();
}).then(function(json) {
console.log(json);
});
// post with stream from resumer
var resumer = require('resumer');
var stream = resumer().queue('a=1').end();
fetch('http://httpbin.org/post', { method: 'POST', body: stream })
.then(function(res) {
return res.json();
}).then(function(json) {
console.log(json);
});
// post form data
var FormData = require('form-data');
var form = new FormData();
form.append('a', 1);
fetch('http://httpbin.org/post', { method: 'POST', body: form })
.then(function(res) {
return res.json();
}).then(function(json) {
console.log(json);
});
// post form data and modify header
var FormData = require('form-data');
var form = new FormData();
form.append('a', 1);
fetch('http://httpbin.org/post', { method: 'POST', body: form, headers: form.getHeaders() })
.then(function(res) {
return res.json();
}).then(function(json) {
console.log(json);
});
// node 0.12+, yield with co
var co = require('co');
co(function *() {
var res = yield fetch('https://api.github.com/users/github');
var json = yield res.json();
console.log(res);
});
API
fetch(url, options)
Returns a Promise object
About url
Must be an absolute path, e.g.: http://www.baidu.com/