sindresorhus/got

Health v2 · maintenance only

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14937 stars · 996 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Got is a human-friendly and powerful HTTP request library for Node.js, offering JSON mode, retries, pagination, hooks, and stream support. It is a mature alternative to the native http module, though the maintainers now recommend Ky for browser-compatible or Fetch-based needs.

Use cases

• make http requests from node.js
• call rest apis with payloads
• download files with streams
• retry failed http requests automatically
• paginate through api endpoints
• replace axios or node-fetch in a node backend

When to choose

• you need a feature-rich http client in Node.js with retries, hooks, and pagination
• your project is ESM-based and Node-only
• you want fine-grained control over requests, redirects, and timeouts

When to avoid

• you need browser support or a Fetch-based client (use Ky instead)
• your project still uses CommonJS, since Got is ESM-only
• you only need simple fetch calls (use fetch-extras or native fetch)

Facets

library · maturity stable

http-client web-development backend apis developer-tools http-request esm promise-based retry streaming typescript nodejs

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