# parnurzeal/gorequest

GoRequest -- Simplified HTTP client ( inspired by nodejs SuperAgent )

Repository: https://github.com/parnurzeal/gorequest
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gorequest
Homepage: http://parnurzeal.github.io/gorequest/
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: go, gorequest, json, golang, library
Last push: 2025-12-04T01:26:40+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 54/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 55, release rhythm 27, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4578, "days_push": 273, "days_rel": 273, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3515, forks 416 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:07.816913+00:00)

## What it is
GoRequest is a simplified HTTP client library for Go, inspired by Node.js SuperAgent, offering a fluent chainable API for making requests. It wraps Go's net/http with convenient support for JSON, multipart, proxies, timeouts, cookies, and redirect policies.

## Use cases
- make http requests in go with a simple chainable api
- send json post requests without boilerplate
- upload files via multipart requests in golang
- set headers, cookies, and timeouts on http calls easily
- call rest apis from a go application
- configure proxies and redirect policies for http requests

## When to choose
- you want a SuperAgent-style fluent http client in Go
- you need quick JSON or multipart requests with minimal boilerplate
- you're building small tools or scripts that call web APIs

## When to avoid
- you need fine-grained control or modern features better served by net/http directly
- you want a heavily maintained library with frequent updates
- you need advanced features like retry, circuit breaking, or observability

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: http-client, serialization, json
- domain: web-development, developer-tools, apis
- platform: go, cross-platform
- tags: http, rest-client, fluent-api, superagent-inspired, multipart

## Member repositories
- parnurzeal/gorequest (main) score 54

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:07.816913+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:35:35.880919+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/parnurzeal/gorequest (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:07.816913+00:00, sha 7723c0f5a70f)
  - homepage: http://parnurzeal.github.io/gorequest/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:29:26.630114+00:00, sha 2a331714e2a0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.