HTTP Transport

The HTTP transport uses http requests to communicate.

Installation

The HTTP transport is not bundled with Hudson Taylor by default.

To install:

npm install ht-http-transport --save

Options

Name	Type	Required	Example	Default	Description
host	string		“127.0.0.1”	“0.0.0.0”	Network address to listen on.
port	number	✓	1234	N/A	Network port to listen on.
path	string		“/endpoint”	“/ht”	Path to accept requests on.
ssl	Object		{ cert, key }	N/A	Enable SSL
agent	http.Agent			N/A	To manage connection persistence
timeout	number		1800	N/A	Timeout before the socket is connected

Example

var htHTTPTransport = require('ht-http-transport')
var http = require('http')

var keepAliveAgent = new http.Agent({ keepAlive: true })
var transport = new ht.Transport.HTTP({
  host: "127.0.0.1",
  port: 1337,
  path: "/endpoint",
  ssl: {
    cert: "...",
    key: "..."
  },
  agent: keepAliveAgent,
  timeout: 1000
})