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> Human-friendly and powerful HTTP request library for Node.js [![Downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/got.svg)](https://npmjs.com/got) [![Install size](https://packagephobia.com/badge?p=got)](https://packagephobia.com/result?p=got) [See how Got compares to other HTTP libraries](#comparison) --- **You probably want [Ky](https://github.com/sindresorhus/ky) instead, by the same people. It's smaller, works in the browser too, and is more stable since it's built upon [`Fetch`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API).** --- **Support questions should be asked [here](https://github.com/sindresorhus/got/discussions).** ## Install ```sh npm install got ``` **Warning:** This package is native [ESM](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Modules) and no longer provides a CommonJS export. If your project uses CommonJS, you will have to [convert to ESM](https://gist.github.com/sindresorhus/a39789f98801d908bbc7ff3ecc99d99c). Please don't open issues for questions regarding CommonJS / ESM. **Got v11 is no longer maintained and we will not accept any backport requests.** ## Take a peek **A [quick start](documentation/quick-start.md) guide is available.** ### JSON mode Got has a dedicated option for handling JSON payload.\ Furthermore, the promise exposes a `.json()` function that returns `Promise`. ```js import got from 'got'; const {data} = await got.post('https://httpbin.org/anything', { json: { hello: 'world' } }).json(); console.log(data); //=> {"hello": "world"} ``` For advanced JSON usage, check out the [`parseJson`](documentation/2-options.md#parsejson) and [`stringifyJson`](documentation/2-options.md#stringifyjson) options. **For more useful tips like this, visit the [Tips](documentation/tips.md) page.** ## Highlights - [Used by 10K+ packages and 5M+ repos](https://github.com/sindresorhus/got/network/dependents) - [Actively maintained](https://github.com/sindresorhus/got/graphs/contributors) - [Trusted by many companies](#widely-used) ## Documentation By default, Got will retry on failure. To disable this option, set [`options.retry.limit`](documentation/7-retry.md#retry) to 0. #### Main API - [x] [Promise API](documentation/1-promise.md) - [x] [Options](documentation/2-options.md) - [x] [Stream API](documentation/3-streams.md) - [x] [Pagination API](documentation/4-pagination.md) - [x] [Advanced HTTPS API](documentation/5-https.md) - [x] [HTTP/2 support](documentation/2-options.md#http2) - [x] [`Response` class](documentation/3-streams.md#response-2) #### Timeouts and retries - [x] [Advanced timeout handling](documentation/6-timeout.md) - [x] [Retries on failure](documentation/7-retry.md) - [x] [Errors with metadata](documentation/8-errors.md) #### Advanced creation - [x] [Hooks](documentation/9-hooks.md) - [x] [Instances](documentation/10-instances.md) - [x] [Progress events & other events](documentation/3-streams.md#events) - [x] [Plugins](documentation/lets-make-a-plugin.md) - [x] [Compose](documentation/examples/advanced-creation.js) #### Cache, Proxy and UNIX sockets - [x] [RFC compliant caching](documentation/cache.md) - [x] [Proxy support](documentation/tips.md#proxying) - [x] [Unix Domain Sockets](documentation/2-options.md#enableunixsockets) #### Integration - [x] [TypeScript support](documentation/typescript.md) - [x] [AWS](documentation/tips.md#aws) - [x] [Testing](documentation/tips.md#testing) --- ### Migration guides - [Request migration guide](documentation/migration-guides/request.md) - [*(Note that Request is unmaintained)*](https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142) - [Axios](documentation/migration-guides/axios.md) - [Node.js](documentation/migration-guides/nodejs.md) ## Got plugins - [`got4aws`](https://github.com/SamVerschueren/got4aws) - Got convenience wrapper to interact with AWS v4 signed APIs - [`gh-got`](https://github.com/sindresorhus/gh-got) - Got convenience wrapper to interact with the GitHub API - [`gl-got`](https://github.com/singapore/gl-got) - Got convenience wrapper to interact with the GitLab API - [`gotql`](https://github.com/khaosdoctor/gotql) - Got convenience wrapper to interact with GraphQL using JSON-parsed queries instead of strings - [`got-fetch`](https://github.com/alexghr/got-fetch) - Got with a [`fetch`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API) interface - [`got-scraping`](https://github.com/apify/got-scraping) - Got wrapper specifically designed for web scraping purposes - [`got-ssrf`](https://github.com/JaneJeon/got-ssrf) - Got wrapper to protect server-side requests against SSRF attacks ## Comparison | | `got` | [`node-fetch`][n0] | [`ky`][k0] | [`axios`][a0] | [`superagent`][s0] | |-----------------------|:-------------------:|:--------------------:|:------------------------:|:------------------:|:----------------------:| | HTTP/2 support | :heavy_check_mark:¹ | :x: | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark:\*\* | | Browser support | :x: | :heavy_check_mark:\* | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | | Promise API | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | | Stream API | :heavy_check_mark: | Node.js only | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | | Pagination API | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | | Request cancelation | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | | RFC compliant caching | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | | Cookies (out-of-the-box) | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | | Follows redirects | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | | Retries on failure | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | | Progress events | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark:\*\*\* | Browser only | :heavy_check_mark: | | Handles gzip/deflate | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | | Advanced timeouts | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | | Timings | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | | Errors with metadata | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | | JSON mode | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | | Custom defaults | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | | Composable | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | | Hooks | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | | Issues open | [![][gio]][g1] | [![][nio]][n1] | [![][kio]][k1] | [![][aio]][a1] | [![][sio]][s1] | | Issues closed | [![][gic]][g2] | [![][nic]][n2] | [![][kic]][k2] | [![][aic]][a2] | [![][sic]][s2] | | Downloads | [![][gd]][g3] | [![][nd]][n3] | [![][kd]][k3] | [![][ad]][a3] | [![][sd]][s3] | | Coverage | TBD | [![][nc]][n4] | [![][kc]][k4] | [![][ac]][a4] | [![][sc]][s4] | | Build | [![][gb]][g5] | [![][nb]][n5] | [![][kb]][k5] | [![][ab]][a5] | [![][sb]][s5] | | Bugs | [![][gbg]][g6] | [![][nbg]][n6] | [![][kbg]][k6] | [![][abg]][a6] | [![][sbg]][s6] | | Dependents | [![][gdp]][g7] | [![][ndp]][n7] | [![][kdp]][k7] | [![][adp]][a7] | [![][sdp]][s7] | | Install size | [![][gis]][g8] | [![][nis]][n8] | [![][kis]][k8] | [![][ais]][a8] | [![][sis]][s8] | | GitHub stars | [![][gs]][g9] | [![][ns]][n9] | [![][ks]][k9] | [![][as]][a9] | [![][ss]][s9] | | TypeScript support | [![][gts]][g10] | [![][nts]][n10] | [![][kts]][k10] | [![][ats]][a10] | [![][sts]][s11] | | Last commit | [![][glc]][g11] | [![][nlc]][n11] | [![][klc]][k11] | [![][alc]][a11] | [![][slc]][s11] | \* It's almost API compatible with the browser `fetch` API.\ \*\* Need to switch the protocol manually. 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> Segment is a happy user of Got! Got powers the main backend API that our app talks to. It's used by our in-house RPC client that we use to communicate with all microservices. > > — Vadim Demedes > Antora, a static site generator for creating documentation sites, uses Got to download the UI bundle. In Antora, the UI bundle (aka theme) is maintained as a separate project. That project exports the UI as a zip file we call the UI bundle. The main site generator downloads that UI from a URL using Got and streams it to vinyl-zip to extract the files. Those files go on to be used to create the HTML pages and supporting assets. > > — Dan Allen > GetVoIP is happily using Got in production. One of the unique capabilities of Got is the ability to handle Unix sockets which enables us to build a full control interfaces for our docker stack. > > — Daniel Kalen > We're using Got inside of Exoframe to handle all the communication between CLI and server. Exoframe is a self-hosted tool that allows simple one-command deployments using Docker. > > — Tim Ermilov > Karaoke Mugen uses Got to fetch content updates from its online server. > > — Axel Terizaki > Renovate uses Got, gh-got and gl-got to send millions of queries per day to GitHub, GitLab, npmjs, PyPi, Packagist, Docker Hub, Terraform, CircleCI, and more. > > — Rhys Arkins > Resistbot uses Got to communicate from the API frontend where all correspondence ingresses to the officials lookup database in back. > > — Chris Erickson > Natural Cycles is using Got to communicate with all kinds of 3rd-party REST APIs (over 9000!). > > — Kirill Groshkov > Microlink is a cloud browser as an API service that uses Got widely as the main HTTP client, serving ~22M requests a month, every time a network call needs to be performed. > > — Kiko Beats > We’re using Got at Radity. Thanks for such an amazing work! > > — Mirzayev Farid

	Stars	Issues	Version	Updated	Created
got	14,210	121	14.4.2	2 months ago	10 years ago
needle	1,624	86	3.3.1	9 months ago	13 years ago
node-fetch	8,759	207	3.3.2	a year ago	10 years ago
unfetch	5,704	30	5.0.0	2 years ago	8 years ago

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