http-sync

http-sync is a compiled Node.js extension that provides syncronous http calls.

Installing

You must have libcurl installed in order to compile this extension.

On Ubuntu, you can run: sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev On CentOS, you can run: sudo yum install libcurl libcurl-devel

Using

// example with default optionshttpSync=require('http-sync');varrequest=httpSync.request({method: 'GET',headers: {},body: '',protocol: 'http',host: '127.0.0.1',port: 80,//443 if protocol = httpspath: '/'});vartimedout=false;req.setTimeout(10,function(){console.log("Request Timedout!");timedout=true;});varresponse=request.end();if(!timedout){console.log(response);console.log(response.body.toString());}

SSL/TLS Options

If you require the use of a private CA or client certificate authentication, the following options are available:

• pfx - Path to certificate, private key and CA certificates to use
• ca - Path to an authority certificate
• cert - Path to the public x509 client certificate to use
• key - Path to the private key used for SSL
• passphrase - A string of passphrase for the private key or pfx, if required

// example with a private CA and client cert authenticationhttpSync=require('http-sync');varrequest=httpSync.request({method: 'GET',headers: {},body: '',protocol: 'https',host: '127.0.0.1',port: 443,// protocol = httpspath: '/',ca: '/path/to/CA',cert: '/path/to/crt',key: '/path/to/key',rejectUnauthorized: true});vartimedout=false;req.setTimeout(10,function(){console.log("Request Timedout!");timedout=true;});varresponse=request.end();if(!timedout){console.log(response);console.log(response.body.toString());}

Contributing

node >= v0.8.0

node-gyp configure && node-gyp build

node < v0.8.0

You will need:

• node.js source code
• v8 source code
• libcurl development package

Building:

node-waf configure && node-waf build

testing

Run the test.js file:

node test.js