Request
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🏊🏾 Simplified HTTP request client. observed · 2026-09-27
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-22. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5751
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 799
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
25496 stars · 3141 forks observed · 2026-09-27
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-10-12, confidence 0.97
Request is a simplified HTTP client for Node.js that provides an easy-to-use API for making HTTP/HTTPS calls. It also has companion packages that add Promise support.
Use cases
- make simple HTTP GET requests in a Node.js script
- post form data to a web service using request
- stream a file download directly to disk with request
- use request-promise for Promise‑based HTTP calls
- integrate with legacy codebases that already depend on request
When to choose
- maintaining or updating an existing project that already uses request
- needing quick, one‑off HTTP calls in a script without adding many dependencies
When to avoid
- starting a new project – request is deprecated and no longer maintained
- requiring modern features like native async/await support, better security, or active maintenance
Facets
library · maturity abandoned
http-client web-development backend deprecated promise-support request-promise request-promise-native nodejs javascript
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/request/request · fetched 2026-09-27 · 2474a0660942
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/request-promise-native · fetched 2026-09-28 · 04d3c0cc4aae
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/request · fetched 2026-09-28 · be3de9ff00c1
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/request-promise · fetched 2026-09-28 · 8b6eb5132e92
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| request/request | main | 32 |
| request/request-promise | plugin | 32 |
| request/request-promise-native | plugin | 32 |
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