request-modern

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request-modern (v0.1.0) is a Fetch-backed replacement for the deprecated request package, providing callback and promise APIs for HTTP requests. It targets Node.js >=18, is zero-dependency, and ships TypeScript types. Key differentiators: no external dependencies, modern Response objects, and migration-friendly APIs like get, post, request.json and request.text. Released as an independent project with no affiliation to original maintainers.

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request-modern

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Code

Verified usage

Verified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.

request (default import)

✓ import request from 'request-modern'

✗ const request = require('request-modern')

Package is ESM-only due to Node >=18 requirement; CommonJS require() will fail.

get

✓ import { get } from 'request-modern'

✗ const { get } = require('request-modern')

Named exports are ESM; use import destructuring.

request.json

✓ import request from 'request-modern'; request.json('url')

✗ import { json } from 'request-modern'

json is a method on the default export, not a named export.

Demonstrates callback, promise, and helper methods (json) for HTTP requests.

import request, { get, post } from 'request-modern'; import { writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises'; const API = process.env.API_URL ?? 'https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com'; // Callback style request(`${API}/todos/1`, (error, response, body) => { if (error) console.error(error); else console.log('status:', response.statusCode, 'body:', body); }); // Promise style with async/await async function fetchData() { const res = await get(`${API}/todos/1`); console.log('GET status:', res.status); const text = await res.text(); console.log('Body text:', text.slice(0, 50)); } fetchData(); // Using request.json() const data = await request.json(`${API}/todos/1`); console.log('JSON data:', data); await writeFile('data.json', JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));

Debug

Known issues

breakingNode.js >=18 required; using older versions will cause SyntaxError because package is ESM-only.

fix

Upgrade Node.js to >=18 or use a bundler that can handle ESM.

affects: >=0.0.0

breakingResponse objects are native Fetch API Response, not the IncomingMessage from request. Status code is .status instead of .statusCode.

fix

Use response.status, response.headers, and response.text()/json() instead of response.statusCode, response.headers, and response.body.

affects: >=0.0.0

deprecatedThe request package is deprecated; request-modern is a separate project not affiliated with the original.

fix

No fix needed, but be aware of differences in API and behavior.

affects: >=0.0.0

gotchaMethods like request.json return parsed JSON directly, not Response objects. Do not call .json() on the result.

fix

Use await request.json(url) directly for parsed JSON; use await request(url) and then .json() on the Response for full response access.

affects: >=0.0.0

Errors

Common errors & fixes

ERR_REQUIRE_ESM

Using require() to import an ESM-only package in a CommonJS module or Node.js <18.

fix

Switch to import syntax or use dynamic import: const request = await import('request-modern'); Also ensure Node.js >=18.

TypeError: response.statusCode is undefined

Accessing .statusCode on a Fetch Response object, which has .status instead.

fix

Replace response.statusCode with response.status.

TypeError: response.body is not a string

Accessing .body directly on a Fetch Response object, which is a ReadableStream, not a string.

fix

Use await response.text() or await response.json() to consume the body.

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Version history

0.1.0latest on npm

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Resources

githubhttps://github.com/iexitdev/request-modern ↗

packagerequest-modern ↗

homepagehttps://github.com/iexitdev/request-modern#readme ↗