doc: improve http.request and https.request opts

This adds a few previously undocumented option to both functions.

PR-URL: https://github.com/iojs/io.js/pull/1551
Fixes: https://github.com/iojs/io.js/issues/1082
Reviewed-By: Jeremiah Senkpiel <fishrock123@rocketmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
pull/1551/merge
Roman Reiss 2015-04-28 18:30:58 +02:00
parent 550c2638c0
commit b4ad5d7050
2 changed files with 18 additions and 6 deletions

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@ -460,10 +460,14 @@ Options:
- `host`: A domain name or IP address of the server to issue the request to. - `host`: A domain name or IP address of the server to issue the request to.
Defaults to `'localhost'`. Defaults to `'localhost'`.
- `hostname`: To support `url.parse()` `hostname` is preferred over `host` - `hostname`: Alias for `host`. To support `url.parse()` `hostname` is
preferred over `host`.
- `family`: IP address family to use when resolving `host` and `hostname`.
Valid values are `4` or `6`. When unspecified, both IP v4 and v6 will be
used.
- `port`: Port of remote server. Defaults to 80. - `port`: Port of remote server. Defaults to 80.
- `localAddress`: Local interface to bind for network connections. - `localAddress`: Local interface to bind for network connections.
- `socketPath`: Unix Domain Socket (use one of host:port or socketPath) - `socketPath`: Unix Domain Socket (use one of host:port or socketPath).
- `method`: A string specifying the HTTP request method. Defaults to `'GET'`. - `method`: A string specifying the HTTP request method. Defaults to `'GET'`.
- `path`: Request path. Defaults to `'/'`. Should include query string if any. - `path`: Request path. Defaults to `'/'`. Should include query string if any.
E.G. `'/index.html?page=12'`. An exception is thrown when the request path E.G. `'/index.html?page=12'`. An exception is thrown when the request path
@ -474,7 +478,7 @@ Options:
Authorization header. Authorization header.
- `agent`: Controls [Agent][] behavior. When an Agent is used request will - `agent`: Controls [Agent][] behavior. When an Agent is used request will
default to `Connection: keep-alive`. Possible values: default to `Connection: keep-alive`. Possible values:
- `undefined` (default): use [global Agent][] for this host and port. - `undefined` (default): use [globalAgent][] for this host and port.
- `Agent` object: explicitly use the passed in `Agent`. - `Agent` object: explicitly use the passed in `Agent`.
- `false`: opts out of connection pooling with an Agent, defaults request to - `false`: opts out of connection pooling with an Agent, defaults request to
`Connection: close`. `Connection: close`.
@ -1069,7 +1073,7 @@ authentication details.
[EventEmitter]: events.html#events_class_events_eventemitter [EventEmitter]: events.html#events_class_events_eventemitter
[Readable Stream]: stream.html#stream_class_stream_readable [Readable Stream]: stream.html#stream_class_stream_readable
[Writable Stream]: stream.html#stream_class_stream_writable [Writable Stream]: stream.html#stream_class_stream_writable
[global Agent]: #http_http_globalagent [globalAgent]: #http_http_globalagent
[http.ClientRequest]: #http_class_http_clientrequest [http.ClientRequest]: #http_class_http_clientrequest
[http.IncomingMessage]: #http_http_incomingmessage [http.IncomingMessage]: #http_http_incomingmessage
[http.ServerResponse]: #http_class_http_serverresponse [http.ServerResponse]: #http_class_http_serverresponse

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@ -103,11 +103,19 @@ The options argument has the following options
- `host`: A domain name or IP address of the server to issue the request to. - `host`: A domain name or IP address of the server to issue the request to.
Defaults to `'localhost'`. Defaults to `'localhost'`.
- `hostname`: To support `url.parse()` `hostname` is preferred over `host` - `hostname`: Alias for `host`. To support `url.parse()` `hostname` is
preferred over `host`.
- `family`: IP address family to use when resolving `host` and `hostname`.
Valid values are `4` or `6`. When unspecified, both IP v4 and v6 will be
used.
- `port`: Port of remote server. Defaults to 443. - `port`: Port of remote server. Defaults to 443.
- `localAddress`: Local interface to bind for network connections.
- `socketPath`: Unix Domain Socket (use one of host:port or socketPath).
- `method`: A string specifying the HTTP request method. Defaults to `'GET'`. - `method`: A string specifying the HTTP request method. Defaults to `'GET'`.
- `path`: Request path. Defaults to `'/'`. Should include query string if any. - `path`: Request path. Defaults to `'/'`. Should include query string if any.
E.G. `'/index.html?page=12'` E.G. `'/index.html?page=12'`. An exception is thrown when the request path
contains illegal characters. Currently, only spaces are rejected but that
may change in the future.
- `headers`: An object containing request headers. - `headers`: An object containing request headers.
- `auth`: Basic authentication i.e. `'user:password'` to compute an - `auth`: Basic authentication i.e. `'user:password'` to compute an
Authorization header. Authorization header.