HTTP Clients Packages
HTTP request clients for calling APIs and services with retries, interceptors, and typed responses baked in (Axios, Requests, httpx, reqwest).
Packages in HTTP Clients
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undici
A fast, spec-compliant HTTP/1.1 client for Node.js, built from scratch with zero runtime dependencies
urllib3
A powerful, user-friendly HTTP client for Python with thread-safe connection pooling, TLS verification, and retry handling.
proxy-agent
Maps HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS, and PAC proxy protocols to the correct Node.js http.Agent implementation automatically.
got
Human-friendly and powerful HTTP request library for Node.js, with retries, streams, pagination, and RFC 7234 caching built in.
superagent
A small, progressive HTTP request library for Node.js and browsers with a single fluent, chainable API on both platforms.
ureq
A simple, safe, blocking HTTP client for Rust with minimal dependencies.
follow-redirects
A drop-in replacement for Node's http and https modules that transparently follows redirects with zero runtime dependencies.
gock
Versatile HTTP traffic mocking for Go, intercepting any net/http-based client for deterministic tests.
request-promise
A Bluebird-powered Promise wrapper around the request HTTP client for Node.js — deprecated since 2020 along with request itself.
http-cookie-agent
Adds tough-cookie-based cookie jar support to Node.js global fetch, undici, axios, node-fetch, and other HTTP clients.
primp
Python HTTP client that impersonates real browser TLS and HTTP/2 fingerprints.
hyper-tls
A minimal HTTPS connector that pairs hyper with native-tls for secure Rust HTTP clients.
wreq-util
Browser and OkHttp client emulation, TLS certificate compression, and delay middleware for the wreq HTTP client.
