> Human-friendly and powerful HTTP request library for Node.js
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[See how Got compares to other HTTP libraries](#comparison)
---
**You probably want [Ky](https://github.com/sindresorhus/ky) instead, by the same people. It's smaller, works in the browser too, and is more stable since it's built upon [`Fetch`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API).**
---
**Support questions should be asked [here](https://github.com/sindresorhus/got/discussions).**
## Install
```sh
npm install got
```
**Warning:** This package is native [ESM](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Modules) and no longer provides a CommonJS export. If your project uses CommonJS, you will have to [convert to ESM](https://gist.github.com/sindresorhus/a39789f98801d908bbc7ff3ecc99d99c). Please don't open issues for questions regarding CommonJS / ESM.
**Got v11 is no longer maintained and we will not accept any backport requests.**
## Take a peek
**A [quick start](documentation/quick-start.md) guide is available.**
### JSON mode
Got has a dedicated option for handling JSON payload.\
Furthermore, the promise exposes a `.json()` function that returns `Promise`.
```js
import got from 'got';
const {data} = await got.post('https://httpbin.org/anything', {
json: {
hello: 'world'
}
}).json();
console.log(data);
//=> {"hello": "world"}
```
For advanced JSON usage, check out the [`parseJson`](documentation/2-options.md#parsejson) and [`stringifyJson`](documentation/2-options.md#stringifyjson) options.
**For more useful tips like this, visit the [Tips](documentation/tips.md) page.**
## Highlights
- [Used by 10K+ packages and 5M+ repos](https://github.com/sindresorhus/got/network/dependents)
- [Actively maintained](https://github.com/sindresorhus/got/graphs/contributors)
- [Trusted by many companies](#widely-used)
## Documentation
By default, Got will retry on failure. To disable this option, set [`options.retry.limit`](documentation/7-retry.md#retry) to 0.
#### Main API
- [x] [Promise API](documentation/1-promise.md)
- [x] [Options](documentation/2-options.md)
- [x] [Stream API](documentation/3-streams.md)
- [x] [Pagination API](documentation/4-pagination.md)
- [x] [Advanced HTTPS API](documentation/5-https.md)
- [x] [HTTP/2 support](documentation/2-options.md#http2)
- [x] [`Response` class](documentation/3-streams.md#response-2)
#### Timeouts and retries
- [x] [Advanced timeout handling](documentation/6-timeout.md)
- [x] [Retries on failure](documentation/7-retry.md)
- [x] [Errors with metadata](documentation/8-errors.md)
#### Advanced creation
- [x] [Hooks](documentation/9-hooks.md)
- [x] [Instances](documentation/10-instances.md)
- [x] [Progress events & other events](documentation/3-streams.md#events)
- [x] [Plugins](documentation/lets-make-a-plugin.md)
- [x] [Compose](documentation/examples/advanced-creation.js)
#### Cache, Proxy and UNIX sockets
- [x] [RFC compliant caching](documentation/cache.md)
- [x] [Proxy support](documentation/tips.md#proxying)
- [x] [Unix Domain Sockets](documentation/2-options.md#enableunixsockets)
#### Integration
- [x] [TypeScript support](documentation/typescript.md)
- [x] [AWS](documentation/tips.md#aws)
- [x] [Testing](documentation/tips.md#testing)
---
### Migration guides
- [Request migration guide](documentation/migration-guides/request.md)
- [*(Note that Request is unmaintained)*](https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142)
- [Axios](documentation/migration-guides/axios.md)
- [Node.js](documentation/migration-guides/nodejs.md)
## Got plugins
- [`got4aws`](https://github.com/SamVerschueren/got4aws) - Got convenience wrapper to interact with AWS v4 signed APIs
- [`gh-got`](https://github.com/sindresorhus/gh-got) - Got convenience wrapper to interact with the GitHub API
- [`gl-got`](https://github.com/singapore/gl-got) - Got convenience wrapper to interact with the GitLab API
- [`gotql`](https://github.com/khaosdoctor/gotql) - Got convenience wrapper to interact with GraphQL using JSON-parsed queries instead of strings
- [`got-fetch`](https://github.com/alexghr/got-fetch) - Got with a [`fetch`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API) interface
- [`got-scraping`](https://github.com/apify/got-scraping) - Got wrapper specifically designed for web scraping purposes
- [`got-ssrf`](https://github.com/JaneJeon/got-ssrf) - Got wrapper to protect server-side requests against SSRF attacks
## Comparison
| | `got` | [`node-fetch`][n0] | [`ky`][k0] | [`axios`][a0] | [`superagent`][s0] |
|-----------------------|:-------------------:|:--------------------:|:------------------------:|:------------------:|:----------------------:|
| HTTP/2 support | :heavy_check_mark:¹ | :x: | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark:\*\* |
| Browser support | :x: | :heavy_check_mark:\* | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |
| Promise API | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |
| Stream API | :heavy_check_mark: | Node.js only | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: |
| Pagination API | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
| Request cancelation | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |
| RFC compliant caching | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
| Cookies (out-of-the-box) | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
| Follows redirects | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |
| Retries on failure | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: |
| Progress events | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark:\*\*\* | Browser only | :heavy_check_mark: |
| Handles gzip/deflate | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |
| Advanced timeouts | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
| Timings | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
| Errors with metadata | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: |
| JSON mode | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |
| Custom defaults | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: |
| Composable | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: |
| Hooks | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: |
| Issues open | [![][gio]][g1] | [![][nio]][n1] | [![][kio]][k1] | [![][aio]][a1] | [![][sio]][s1] |
| Issues closed | [![][gic]][g2] | [![][nic]][n2] | [![][kic]][k2] | [![][aic]][a2] | [![][sic]][s2] |
| Downloads | [![][gd]][g3] | [![][nd]][n3] | [![][kd]][k3] | [![][ad]][a3] | [![][sd]][s3] |
| Coverage | TBD | [![][nc]][n4] | [![][kc]][k4] | [![][ac]][a4] | [![][sc]][s4] |
| Build | [![][gb]][g5] | [![][nb]][n5] | [![][kb]][k5] | [![][ab]][a5] | [![][sb]][s5] |
| Bugs | [![][gbg]][g6] | [![][nbg]][n6] | [![][kbg]][k6] | [![][abg]][a6] | [![][sbg]][s6] |
| Dependents | [![][gdp]][g7] | [![][ndp]][n7] | [![][kdp]][k7] | [![][adp]][a7] | [![][sdp]][s7] |
| Install size | [![][gis]][g8] | [![][nis]][n8] | [![][kis]][k8] | [![][ais]][a8] | [![][sis]][s8] |
| GitHub stars | [![][gs]][g9] | [![][ns]][n9] | [![][ks]][k9] | [![][as]][a9] | [![][ss]][s9] |
| TypeScript support | [![][gts]][g10] | [![][nts]][n10] | [![][kts]][k10] | [![][ats]][a10] | [![][sts]][s11] |
| Last commit | [![][glc]][g11] | [![][nlc]][n11] | [![][klc]][k11] | [![][alc]][a11] | [![][slc]][s11] |
\* It's almost API compatible with the browser `fetch` API.\
\*\* Need to switch the protocol manually. Doesn't accept PUSH streams and doesn't reuse HTTP/2 sessions.\
\*\*\* Currently, only `DownloadProgress` event is supported, `UploadProgress` event is not supported.\
¹ Requires Node.js 15.10.0 or above.\
:sparkle: Almost-stable feature, but the API may change. Don't hesitate to try it out!\
:grey_question: Feature in early stage of development. Very experimental.
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[Click here][InstallSizeOfTheDependencies] to see the install size of the Got dependencies.
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## Maintainers
[](https://sindresorhus.com) | [](https://github.com/szmarczak)
---|---
[Sindre Sorhus](https://sindresorhus.com) | [Szymon Marczak](https://github.com/szmarczak)
## These amazing companies are using Got
> Segment is a happy user of Got! Got powers the main backend API that our app talks to. It's used by our in-house RPC client that we use to communicate with all microservices.
>
> — Vadim Demedes
> Antora, a static site generator for creating documentation sites, uses Got to download the UI bundle. In Antora, the UI bundle (aka theme) is maintained as a separate project. That project exports the UI as a zip file we call the UI bundle. The main site generator downloads that UI from a URL using Got and streams it to vinyl-zip to extract the files. Those files go on to be used to create the HTML pages and supporting assets.
>
> — Dan Allen
> GetVoIP is happily using Got in production. One of the unique capabilities of Got is the ability to handle Unix sockets which enables us to build a full control interfaces for our docker stack.
>
> — Daniel Kalen
> We're using Got inside of Exoframe to handle all the communication between CLI and server. Exoframe is a self-hosted tool that allows simple one-command deployments using Docker.
>
> — Tim Ermilov
> Karaoke Mugen uses Got to fetch content updates from its online server.
>
> — Axel Terizaki
> Renovate uses Got, gh-got and gl-got to send millions of queries per day to GitHub, GitLab, npmjs, PyPi, Packagist, Docker Hub, Terraform, CircleCI, and more.
>
> — Rhys Arkins
> Resistbot uses Got to communicate from the API frontend where all correspondence ingresses to the officials lookup database in back.
>
> — Chris Erickson
> Natural Cycles is using Got to communicate with all kinds of 3rd-party REST APIs (over 9000!).
>
> — Kirill Groshkov
> Microlink is a cloud browser as an API service that uses Got widely as the main HTTP client, serving ~22M requests a month, every time a network call needs to be performed.
>
> — Kiko Beats
> We’re using Got at Radity. Thanks for such an amazing work!
>
> — Mirzayev Farid
