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# node-miniget
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A small http(s) GET library with redirects, retries, reconnects, concatenating or streaming, and no dependencies. This keeps filesize small for potential browser use.
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[](http://travis-ci.org/fent/node-miniget)
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[](https://david-dm.org/fent/node-miniget)
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[](https://codecov.io/gh/fent/node-miniget)
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# Usage
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Concatenates a response
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```js
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const miniget = require('miniget');
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miniget('http://mywebsite.com', (err, body) => {
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console.log('webpage contents: ', body);
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}));
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```
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Request can be streamed right away
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```js
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miniget('http://api.mywebsite.com/v1/messages.json')
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.pipe(someWritableStream());
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```
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# API
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### miniget(url, [options], [callback(err, body)])
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Makes a GET request. `options` can have any properties from the [`http.request()` function](https://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_http_request_options_callback), in addition to
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* `maxRedirects` - Default is `2`.
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* `maxRetries` - Number of times to retry the request if there is a 500 or connection error. Default is `1`.
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* `maxReconnects` - During a big download, if there is a disconnect, miniget can try to reconnect and continue the download where it left off. Defaults to `0`.
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* `backoff` - An object with `inc` and `max` used to calculate how long to wait to retry a request. Defaults to `{ inc: 100, max: 10000 }`.
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* `highWaterMark` - Amount of data to buffer when in stream mode.
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* `transform` - Use this to add additional features. Called with the object that `http.get()` or `https.get()` would be called with. Must return a transformed object.
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If `callback` is given, will concatenate the response, and call `callback` with a possible error, and the response body.
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Miniget returns a readable stream if `callback` is not given, errors will then be emitted on the stream. Returned stream also contains an `.abort()` method.
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# Install
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npm install miniget
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# Tests
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Tests are written with [mocha](https://mochajs.org)
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```bash
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npm test
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```
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