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# request.js |
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> Send parameterized requests to GitHub’s APIs with sensible defaults in browsers and Node |
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[](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@octokit/request) |
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[](https://github.com/octokit/request.js/actions?query=workflow%3ATest+branch%3Amain) |
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`@octokit/request` is a request library for browsers & node that makes it easier |
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to interact with [GitHub’s REST API](https://developer.github.com/v3/) and |
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[GitHub’s GraphQL API](https://developer.github.com/v4/guides/forming-calls/#the-graphql-endpoint). |
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It uses [`@octokit/endpoint`](https://github.com/octokit/endpoint.js) to parse |
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the passed options and sends the request using [fetch](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API). You can pass a custom `fetch` function using the `options.request.fetch` option, see below. |
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- [request.js](#requestjs) |
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- [Features](#features) |
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- [Usage](#usage) |
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- [REST API example](#rest-api-example) |
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- [GraphQL example](#graphql-example) |
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- [Alternative: pass `method` \& `url` as part of options](#alternative-pass-method--url-as-part-of-options) |
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- [Authentication](#authentication) |
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- [request()](#request) |
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- [`request.defaults()`](#requestdefaults) |
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- [`request.endpoint`](#requestendpoint) |
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- [Special cases](#special-cases) |
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- [The `data` parameter – set request body directly](#the-data-parameter--set-request-body-directly) |
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- [Set parameters for both the URL/query and the request body](#set-parameters-for-both-the-urlquery-and-the-request-body) |
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- [Set a custom Agent to your requests](#set-a-custom-agent-to-your-requests) |
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- [LICENSE](#license) |
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## Features |
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🤩 1:1 mapping of REST API endpoint documentation, e.g. [Add labels to an issue](https://developer.github.com/v3/issues/labels/#add-labels-to-an-issue) becomes |
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```js |
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request("POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{number}/labels", { |
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mediaType: { |
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previews: ["symmetra"], |
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}, |
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owner: "octokit", |
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repo: "request.js", |
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number: 1, |
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labels: ["🐛 bug"], |
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}); |
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``` |
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👶 [Small bundle size](https://bundlephobia.com/result?p=@octokit/[email protected]) (\<4kb minified + gzipped) |
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😎 [Authenticate](#authentication) with any of [GitHubs Authentication Strategies](https://github.com/octokit/auth.js). |
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👍 Sensible defaults |
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- `baseUrl`: `https://api.github.com` |
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- `headers.accept`: `application/vnd.github.v3+json` |
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- `headers['user-agent']`: `octokit-request.js/<current version> <OS information>`, e.g. `octokit-request.js/1.2.3 Node.js/10.15.0 (macOS Mojave; x64)` |
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👌 Simple to test: mock requests by passing a custom fetch method. |
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🧐 Simple to debug: Sets `error.request` to request options causing the error (with redacted credentials). |
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## Usage |
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<table> |
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<tbody valign=top align=left> |
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Browsers |
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</th><td width=100%> |
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Load <code>@octokit/request</code> directly from <a href="https://esm.sh">esm.sh</a> |
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```html |
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<script type="module"> |
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import { request } from "https://esm.sh/@octokit/request"; |
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</script> |
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``` |
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Node |
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Install with <code>npm install @octokit/request</code> |
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```js |
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const { request } = require("@octokit/request"); |
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// or: import { request } from "@octokit/request"; |
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``` |
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### REST API example |
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```js |
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// Following GitHub docs formatting: |
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// https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/#list-organization-repositories |
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const result = await request("GET /orgs/{org}/repos", { |
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headers: { |
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authorization: "token 0000000000000000000000000000000000000001", |
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}, |
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org: "octokit", |
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type: "private", |
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}); |
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console.log(`${result.data.length} repos found.`); |
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``` |
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### GraphQL example |
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For GraphQL request we recommend using [`@octokit/graphql`](https://github.com/octokit/graphql.js#readme) |
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```js |
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const result = await request("POST /graphql", { |
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headers: { |
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authorization: "token 0000000000000000000000000000000000000001", |
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}, |
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query: `query ($login: String!) { |
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organization(login: $login) { |
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repositories(privacy: PRIVATE) { |
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totalCount |
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} |
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} |
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}`, |
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variables: { |
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login: "octokit", |
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}, |
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}); |
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``` |
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### Alternative: pass `method` & `url` as part of options |
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Alternatively, pass in a method and a url |
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```js |
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const result = await request({ |
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method: "GET", |
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url: "/orgs/{org}/repos", |
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headers: { |
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authorization: "token 0000000000000000000000000000000000000001", |
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}, |
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org: "octokit", |
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type: "private", |
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}); |
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``` |
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## Authentication |
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The simplest way to authenticate a request is to set the `Authorization` header directly, e.g. to a [personal access token](https://github.com/settings/tokens/). |
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```js |
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const requestWithAuth = request.defaults({ |
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headers: { |
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authorization: "token 0000000000000000000000000000000000000001", |
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}, |
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}); |
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const result = await requestWithAuth("GET /user"); |
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``` |
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For more complex authentication strategies such as GitHub Apps or Basic, we recommend the according authentication library exported by [`@octokit/auth`](https://github.com/octokit/auth.js). |
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```js |
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const { createAppAuth } = require("@octokit/auth-app"); |
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const auth = createAppAuth({ |
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appId: process.env.APP_ID, |
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privateKey: process.env.PRIVATE_KEY, |
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installationId: 123, |
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}); |
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const requestWithAuth = request.defaults({ |
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request: { |
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hook: auth.hook, |
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}, |
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mediaType: { |
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previews: ["machine-man"], |
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}, |
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}); |
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const { data: app } = await requestWithAuth("GET /app"); |
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const { data: app } = await requestWithAuth( |
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"POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues", |
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{ |
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owner: "octocat", |
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repo: "hello-world", |
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title: "Hello from the engine room", |
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}, |
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); |
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``` |
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## request() |
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`request(route, options)` or `request(options)`. |
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**Options** |
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description |
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<code>route</code> |
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String |
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**Required**. If <code>route</code> is set it has to be a string consisting of the request method and URL, e.g. <code>GET /orgs/{org}</code> |
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<code>options.baseUrl</code> |
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String |
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The base URL that <code>route</code> or <code>url</code> will be prefixed with, if they use relative paths. <em>Defaults to <code>https://api.github.com</code></em>. |
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<code>options.headers</code> |
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Object |
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Custom headers. Passed headers are merged with defaults:<br> |
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<em><code>headers['user-agent']</code> defaults to <code>octokit-rest.js/1.2.3</code> (where <code>1.2.3</code> is the released version)</em>.<br> |
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<em><code>headers['accept']</code> defaults to <code>application/vnd.github.v3+json</code>.<br> Use <code>options.mediaType.{format,previews}</code> to request API previews and custom media types. |
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<code>options.method</code> |
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String |
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Any supported <a href="https://developer.github.com/v3/#http-verbs">http verb</a>, case insensitive. <em>Defaults to <code>Get</code></em>. |
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<code>options.mediaType.format</code> |
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String |
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Media type param, such as `raw`, `html`, or `full`. See <a href="https://developer.github.com/v3/media/">Media Types</a>. |
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<code>options.mediaType.previews</code> |
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Array of strings |
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Name of previews, such as `mercy`, `symmetra`, or `scarlet-witch`. See <a href="https://docs.github.com/graphql/overview/schema-previews">GraphQL Schema Previews</a>. |
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Note that these only apply to GraphQL requests and have no effect on REST routes. |
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<code>options.url</code> |
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String |
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**Required**. A path or full URL which may contain <code>:variable</code> or <code>{variable}</code> placeholders, |
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e.g. <code>/orgs/{org}/repos</code>. The <code>url</code> is parsed using <a href="https://github.com/bramstein/url-template">url-template</a>. |
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<code>options.data</code> |
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Any |
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Set request body directly instead of setting it to JSON based on additional parameters. See <a href="#data-parameter">"The `data` parameter"</a> below. |
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<code>options.request.fetch</code> |
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Function |
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Custom replacement for <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API">fetch</a>. Useful for testing or request hooks. |
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<code>options.request.hook</code> |
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Function |
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Function with the signature <code>hook(request, endpointOptions)</code>, where <code>endpointOptions</code> are the parsed options as returned by <a href="https://github.com/octokit/endpoint.js#endpointmergeroute-options-or-endpointmergeoptions"><code>endpoint.merge()</code></a>, and <code>request</code> is <a href="https://github.com/octokit/request.js#request"><code>request()</code></a>. This option works great in conjuction with <a href="https://github.com/gr2m/before-after-hook">before-after-hook</a>. |
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<a name="options-request-signal"></a><code>options.request.signal</code> |
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<a href="https://github.com/bitinn/node-fetch/tree/e996bdab73baf996cf2dbf25643c8fe2698c3249#request-cancellation-with-abortsignal">new AbortController().signal</a> |
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Use an <code>AbortController</code> instance to cancel a request. In node you can only cancel streamed requests. |
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<code>object</code> |
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Used for internal logging. Defaults to <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/console"><code>console</code></a>. |
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<code>boolean</code> |
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If set to <code>false</code> the returned `response` will be passed through from `fetch`. This is useful to stream response.body when downloading files from the GitHub API. |
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All other options except `options.request.*` will be passed depending on the `method` and `url` options. |
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1. If the option key is a placeholder in the `url`, it will be used as replacement. For example, if the passed options are `{url: '/orgs/{org}/repos', org: 'foo'}` the returned `options.url` is `https://api.github.com/orgs/foo/repos` |
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2. If the `method` is `GET` or `HEAD`, the option is passed as query parameter |
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3. Otherwise the parameter is passed in the request body as JSON key. |
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**Result** |
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`request` returns a promise. If the request was successful, the promise resolves with an object containing 4 keys: |
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<td>Integer</td> |
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<td>Response status status</td> |
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<td>URL of response. If a request results in redirects, this is the final URL. You can send a <code>HEAD</code> request to retrieve it without loading the full response body.</td> |
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<td>All response headers</td> |
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<td>The response body as returned from server. If the response is JSON then it will be parsed into an object</td> |
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If an error occurs, the promise is rejected with an `error` object containing 3 keys to help with debugging: |
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- `error.status` The http response status code |
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- `error.request` The request options such as `method`, `url` and `data` |
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- `error.response` The http response object with `url`, `headers`, and `data` |
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If the error is due to an `AbortSignal` being used, the resulting `AbortError` is bubbled up to the caller. |
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## `request.defaults()` |
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Override or set default options. Example: |
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```js |
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const myrequest = require("@octokit/request").defaults({ |
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baseUrl: "https://github-enterprise.acme-inc.com/api/v3", |
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headers: { |
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"user-agent": "myApp/1.2.3", |
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authorization: `token 0000000000000000000000000000000000000001`, |
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}, |
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org: "my-project", |
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per_page: 100, |
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}); |
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myrequest(`GET /orgs/{org}/repos`); |
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``` |
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You can call `.defaults()` again on the returned method, the defaults will cascade. |
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```js |
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const myProjectRequest = request.defaults({ |
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baseUrl: "https://github-enterprise.acme-inc.com/api/v3", |
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headers: { |
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"user-agent": "myApp/1.2.3", |
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}, |
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org: "my-project", |
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}); |
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const myProjectRequestWithAuth = myProjectRequest.defaults({ |
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headers: { |
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authorization: `token 0000000000000000000000000000000000000001`, |
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}, |
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}); |
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``` |
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`myProjectRequest` now defaults the `baseUrl`, `headers['user-agent']`, |
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`org` and `headers['authorization']` on top of `headers['accept']` that is set |
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by the global default. |
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## `request.endpoint` |
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See https://github.com/octokit/endpoint.js. Example |
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```js |
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const options = request.endpoint("GET /orgs/{org}/repos", { |
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org: "my-project", |
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type: "private", |
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}); |
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// { |
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// method: 'GET', |
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// url: 'https://api.github.com/orgs/my-project/repos?type=private', |
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// headers: { |
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// accept: 'application/vnd.github.v3+json', |
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// authorization: 'token 0000000000000000000000000000000000000001', |
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// 'user-agent': 'octokit/endpoint.js v1.2.3' |
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// } |
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// } |
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``` |
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All of the [`@octokit/endpoint`](https://github.com/octokit/endpoint.js) API can be used: |
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- [`octokitRequest.endpoint()`](#endpoint) |
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- [`octokitRequest.endpoint.defaults()`](#endpointdefaults) |
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- [`octokitRequest.endpoint.merge()`](#endpointdefaults) |
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- [`octokitRequest.endpoint.parse()`](#endpointmerge) |
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## Special cases |
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<a name="data-parameter"></a> |
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### The `data` parameter – set request body directly |
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Some endpoints such as [Render a Markdown document in raw mode](https://developer.github.com/v3/markdown/#render-a-markdown-document-in-raw-mode) don’t have parameters that are sent as request body keys, instead the request body needs to be set directly. In these cases, set the `data` parameter. |
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const response = await request("POST /markdown/raw", { |
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data: "Hello world github/linguist#1 **cool**, and #1!", |
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headers: { |
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accept: "text/html;charset=utf-8", |
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"content-type": "text/plain", |
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}, |
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}); |
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// Request is sent as |
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// |
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// url: 'https://api.github.com/markdown/raw', |
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// headers: { |
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// 'content-type': 'text/plain', |
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// 'user-agent': userAgent |
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// }, |
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// body: 'Hello world github/linguist#1 **cool**, and #1!' |
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// } |
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// |
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// |
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// ... |
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// body: '{"data": "Hello world github/linguist#1 **cool**, and #1!"}' |
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// } |
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``` |
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### Set parameters for both the URL/query and the request body |
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There are API endpoints that accept both query parameters as well as a body. In that case you need to add the query parameters as templates to `options.url`, as defined in the [RFC 6570 URI Template specification](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6570). |
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Example |
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```js |
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request( |
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"POST https://uploads.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1/assets{?name,label}", |
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{ |
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name: "example.zip", |
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label: "short description", |
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headers: { |
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"content-type": "text/plain", |
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"content-length": 14, |
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authorization: `token 0000000000000000000000000000000000000001`, |
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}, |
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data: "Hello, world!", |
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}, |
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); |
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``` |
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### Set a custom Agent to your requests |
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The way to pass a custom `Agent` to requests is by creating a custom `fetch` function and pass it as `options.request.fetch`. A good example can be [undici's `fetch` implementation](https://undici.nodejs.org/#/?id=undicifetchinput-init-promise). |
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Example ([See example in CodeSandbox](https://codesandbox.io/p/sandbox/nifty-stitch-wdlwlf)) |
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```js |
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import { request } from "@octokit/request"; |
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import { fetch as undiciFetch, Agent } from "undici"; |
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/** @type {typeof import("undici").fetch} */ |
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const myFetch = (url, options) => { |
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return undiciFetch(url, { |
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...options, |
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dispatcher: new Agent({ |
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keepAliveTimeout: 10, |
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keepAliveMaxTimeout: 10, |
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}), |
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}); |
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}; |
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const { data } = await request("GET /users/{username}", { |
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username: "octocat", |
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headers: { |
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"X-GitHub-Api-Version": "2022-11-28", |
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}, |
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options: { |
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request: { |
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fetch: myFetch, |
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}, |
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}, |
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}); |
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``` |
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## LICENSE |
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[MIT](LICENSE) |
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