HTTP Cookie Agent
Allows cookies with every Node.js HTTP clients (e.g. Node.js global fetch, undici, axios, node-fetch).
Table of Contents
Install
npm install http-cookie-agent tough-cookie
When you want to use Node.js global fetch (aka. undici
), you should install undici
additionally.
npm install undici
Usage
Supported libraries
Node.js global fetch / undici
/ node:http
/ node:https
/ axios
/ node-fetch
/ got
** / superagent
** / request
** / needle
/ phin
/ @hapi/wreck
/ urllib
etc.
** The library supports cookies by default. You may not need http-cookie-agent
.
See also examples for more details.
Node.js global fetch
http-cookie-agent
supports global fetch since Node.js v18.2.0.
import { CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie';
import { CookieAgent } from 'http-cookie-agent/undici';
const jar = new CookieJar();
const agent = new CookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } });
await fetch('https://example.com', { dispatcher: agent });
undici
import { fetch } from 'undici';
import { CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie';
import { CookieAgent } from 'http-cookie-agent/undici';
const jar = new CookieJar();
const agent = new CookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } });
await fetch('https://example.com', { dispatcher: agent });
node:http
/ node:https
import https from 'node:https';
import { CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie';
import { HttpsCookieAgent } from 'http-cookie-agent/http';
const jar = new CookieJar();
const agent = new HttpsCookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } });
https.get('https://example.com', { agent }, (res) => {
// ...
});
axios
import axios from 'axios';
import { CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie';
import { HttpCookieAgent, HttpsCookieAgent } from 'http-cookie-agent/http';
const jar = new CookieJar();
const client = axios.create({
httpAgent: new HttpCookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } }),
httpsAgent: new HttpsCookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } }),
});
await client.get('https://example.com');
node-fetch
import fetch from 'node-fetch';
import { CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie';
import { HttpCookieAgent, HttpsCookieAgent } from 'http-cookie-agent/http';
const jar = new CookieJar();
const httpAgent = new HttpCookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } });
const httpsAgent = new HttpsCookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } });
await fetch('https://example.com', {
agent: ({ protocol }) => {
return protocol === 'https:' ? httpsAgent : httpAgent;
},
});
got
got
supports cookies by default. You may not need http-cookie-agent
.
See https://github.com/sindresorhus/got/tree/v11.8.2#cookies.
import got from 'got';
import { CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie';
import { HttpCookieAgent, HttpsCookieAgent } from 'http-cookie-agent/http';
const jar = new CookieJar();
const client = got.extend({
agent: {
http: new HttpCookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } }),
https: new HttpsCookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } }),
},
});
await client('https://example.com');
superagent
superagent
supports cookies by default. You may not need http-cookie-agent
.
See https://github.com/visionmedia/superagent/blob/v6.1.0/docs/index.md#saving-cookies.
import superagent from 'superagent';
import { CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie';
import { MixedCookieAgent } from 'http-cookie-agent/http';
const jar = new CookieJar();
const mixedAgent = new MixedCookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } });
const client = superagent.agent().use((req) => req.agent(mixedAgent));
await client.get('https://example.com');
request
request
supports cookies by default. You may not need http-cookie-agent
.
See https://github.com/request/request/tree/v2.88.1#examples.
import request from 'request';
import { CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie';
import { MixedCookieAgent } from 'http-cookie-agent/http';
const jar = new CookieJar();
const client = request.defaults({
agent: new MixedCookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } }),
});
client.get('https://example.com', (_err, _res) => {
// ...
});
needle
import needle from 'needle';
import { CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie';
import { MixedCookieAgent } from 'http-cookie-agent/http';
const jar = new CookieJar();
await needle('get', 'https://example.com', {
agent: new MixedCookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } }),
});
phin
import phin from 'phin';
import { CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie';
import { MixedCookieAgent } from 'http-cookie-agent/http';
const jar = new CookieJar();
await phin({
url: 'https://example.com',
core: {
agent: new MixedCookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } }),
},
});
@hapi/wreck
import Wreck from '@hapi/wreck';
import { CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie';
import { HttpCookieAgent, HttpsCookieAgent } from 'http-cookie-agent/http';
const jar = new CookieJar();
const client = Wreck.defaults({
agents: {
http: new HttpCookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } }),
https: new HttpsCookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } }),
httpsAllowUnauthorized: new HttpsCookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } }),
},
});
await client.get('https://example.com');
urllib
import urllib from 'urllib';
import { CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie';
import { HttpCookieAgent, HttpsCookieAgent } from 'http-cookie-agent/http';
const jar = new CookieJar();
const client = urllib.create({
agent: new HttpCookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } }),
httpsAgent: new HttpsCookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } }),
});
await client.request('https://example.com');
Using with an asynchronous Cookie store
http-cookie-agent
use synchronous CookieJar functions by default.
Therefore, you cannot use an asynchronous Cookie store (e.g. redis-cookie-store
) by default.
If you want to use an asynchronous Cookie store, set cookies.async_UNSTABLE
to true.
// node:http, node:https
const jar = new CookieJar();
const agent = new HttpsCookieAgent({ cookies: { async_UNSTABLE: true, jar } });
// undici
const jar = new CookieJar();
const agent = new CookieAgent({ cookies: { async_UNSTABLE: true, jar } } });
Using with another Agent library
If you want to use another Agent library, wrap the agent in createCookieAgent
.
import https from 'node:https';
import { HttpsAgent as KeepAliveAgent } from 'agentkeepalive';
import { CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie';
import { createCookieAgent } from 'http-cookie-agent/http';
const Agent = createCookieAgent(KeepAliveAgent);
const jar = new CookieJar();
const agent = new Agent({ cookies: { jar } });
https.get('https://example.com', { agent }, (res) => {
// ...
});
undici
If you want to use another undici Agent library, use CookieClient
via factory function.
import { fetch, ProxyAgent } from 'undici';
import { CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie';
import { CookieClient } from 'http-cookie-agent/undici';
const jar = new CookieJar();
const agent = new ProxyAgent({
factory: (origin, opts) => {
return new CookieClient(origin, {
...opts,
cookies: { jar },
});
},
});
await fetch('https://example.com', { dispatcher: agent });
If you want to use another undici Client library, wrap the client in createCookieClient
.
import { fetch, Agent, MockClient } from 'undici';
import { CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie';
import { createCookieClient } from 'http-cookie-agent/undici';
const CookieClient = createCookieClient(MockClient);
const jar = new CookieJar();
const agent = new Agent({
factory: (origin, opts) => {
return new CookieClient(origin, {
...opts,
cookies: { jar },
});
},
});
await fetch('https://example.com', { dispatcher: agent });
Contributing
PRs accepted.