replacement for npm package request

Question

So, I am trying to upgrade a repo from a 3rd party project that is no longer maintained. The issue is it uses "request". Here is a sample of the code

To be clear... The package is called "REQUEST"

request.post(
                    {
                        url: config.URL,
                        form: {
                            a: "checkToken",
                            webmasterid: sited,
                            token: token,
                        },
                    },

As I am not a expressJS/Socket.io guy, I am not sure what the new format would be and what I would do to fix this. There are 48 different instances of request.post so I can only guess there is a solution.

Any help would be great!

Answer 1

I FINALLY found an article that gave me the ability to choose based on what is needed. As I am only doing a simple post I could have done this a number of ways but I settled on GOT just so I know I am working on the right solution with something that is full featured.

https://nodesource.com/blog/express-going-into-maintenance-mode

I hope this helps someone else

Answer 2

Acknowledging that this question ranks highly for "npm request replacement".. I'm posting a solution for others who are looking for a direct, drop-in replacement rather than refactoring.

A modern library designed for this is dropin-request. It mimics the original request API with the goal of minimizing or eliminating the need for refactoring in legacy codebases.

Key Features

• Supports callbacks, promises (async/await), and .pipe() streaming.

• Handles common options like json, form, qs, auth, and jar.

NPM Link

https://www.npmjs.com/package/dropin-request

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Full disclosure: I am the author of this library. It is designed to cover the most common use cases, and community contributions to expand its feature set are welcome.