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Class: ClientRequest

index.<internal>.ClientRequest

This object is created internally and returned from request. It represents an in-progress request whose header has already been queued. The header is still mutable using the setHeader(name, value),getHeader(name), removeHeader(name) API. The actual header will be sent along with the first data chunk or when calling request.end().

To get the response, add a listener for 'response' to the request object.'response' will be emitted from the request object when the response headers have been received. The 'response' event is executed with one argument which is an instance of IncomingMessage.

During the 'response' event, one can add listeners to the response object; particularly to listen for the 'data' event.

If no 'response' handler is added, then the response will be entirely discarded. However, if a 'response' event handler is added, then the data from the response object must be consumed, either by calling response.read() whenever there is a 'readable' event, or by adding a 'data' handler, or by calling the .resume() method. Until the data is consumed, the 'end' event will not fire. Also, until the data is read it will consume memory that can eventually lead to a 'process out of memory' error.

For backward compatibility, res will only emit 'error' if there is an'error' listener registered.

Set Content-Length header to limit the response body size. If response.strictContentLength is set to true, mismatching theContent-Length header value will result in an Error being thrown, identified by code:``'ERR_HTTP_CONTENT_LENGTH_MISMATCH'.

Content-Length value should be in bytes, not characters. Use Buffer.byteLength() to determine the length of the body in bytes.

Since

v0.1.17

Hierarchy

Table of contents

Constructors

Properties

Methods

Constructors

constructor

new ClientRequest(url, cb?): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
url string | URL | ClientRequestArgs
cb? (res: IncomingMessage) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.constructor

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:965

Properties

aborted

aborted: boolean

The request.aborted property will be true if the request has been aborted.

Since

v0.11.14

Deprecated

Since v17.0.0,v16.12.0 - Check destroyed instead.

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:899


chunkedEncoding

chunkedEncoding: boolean

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.chunkedEncoding

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:547


closed

Readonly closed: boolean

Is true after 'close' has been emitted.

Since

v18.0.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.closed

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:704


connection

Readonly connection: null | Socket

Alias of outgoingMessage.socket.

Since

v0.3.0

Deprecated

Since v15.12.0,v14.17.1 - Use socket instead.

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.connection

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:565


destroyed

destroyed: boolean

Is true after writable.destroy() has been called.

Since

v8.0.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.destroyed

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:699


errored

Readonly errored: null | Error

Returns error if the stream has been destroyed with an error.

Since

v18.0.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.errored

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:709


finished

finished: boolean

Deprecated

Use writableEnded instead.

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.finished

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:554


headersSent

Readonly headersSent: boolean

Read-only. true if the headers were sent, otherwise false.

Since

v0.9.3

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.headersSent

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:559


host

host: string

The request host.

Since

v14.5.0, v12.19.0

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:904


maxHeadersCount

maxHeadersCount: number

Limits maximum response headers count. If set to 0, no limit will be applied.

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:964


method

method: string

The request method.

Since

v0.1.97

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:970


path

path: string

The request path.

Since

v0.4.0

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:975


protocol

protocol: string

The request protocol.

Since

v14.5.0, v12.19.0

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:909


req

Readonly req: IncomingMessage

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.req

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:546


reusedSocket

reusedSocket: boolean

When sending request through a keep-alive enabled agent, the underlying socket might be reused. But if server closes connection at unfortunate time, client may run into a 'ECONNRESET' error.

import http from 'node:http';

// Server has a 5 seconds keep-alive timeout by default
http
  .createServer((req, res) => {
    res.write('hello\n');
    res.end();
  })
  .listen(3000);

setInterval(() => {
  // Adapting a keep-alive agent
  http.get('http://localhost:3000', { agent }, (res) => {
    res.on('data', (data) => {
      // Do nothing
    });
  });
}, 5000); // Sending request on 5s interval so it's easy to hit idle timeout

By marking a request whether it reused socket or not, we can do automatic error retry base on it.

import http from 'node:http';
const agent = new http.Agent({ keepAlive: true });

function retriableRequest() {
  const req = http
    .get('http://localhost:3000', { agent }, (res) => {
      // ...
    })
    .on('error', (err) => {
      // Check if retry is needed
      if (req.reusedSocket &#x26;&#x26; err.code === 'ECONNRESET') {
        retriableRequest();
      }
    });
}

retriableRequest();

Since

v13.0.0, v12.16.0

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:960


sendDate

sendDate: boolean

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.sendDate

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:550


shouldKeepAlive

shouldKeepAlive: boolean

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.shouldKeepAlive

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:548


socket

Readonly socket: null | Socket

Reference to the underlying socket. Usually, users will not want to access this property.

After calling outgoingMessage.end(), this property will be nulled.

Since

v0.3.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.socket

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:573


useChunkedEncodingByDefault

useChunkedEncodingByDefault: boolean

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.useChunkedEncodingByDefault

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:549


writable

Readonly writable: boolean

Is true if it is safe to call writable.write(), which means the stream has not been destroyed, errored, or ended.

Since

v11.4.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.writable

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:660


writableCorked

Readonly writableCorked: number

Number of times writable.uncork() needs to be called in order to fully uncork the stream.

Since

v13.2.0, v12.16.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.writableCorked

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:694


writableEnded

Readonly writableEnded: boolean

Is true after writable.end() has been called. This property does not indicate whether the data has been flushed, for this use writable.writableFinished instead.

Since

v12.9.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.writableEnded

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:666


writableFinished

Readonly writableFinished: boolean

Is set to true immediately before the 'finish' event is emitted.

Since

v12.6.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.writableFinished

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:671


writableHighWaterMark

Readonly writableHighWaterMark: number

Return the value of highWaterMark passed when creating this Writable.

Since

v9.3.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.writableHighWaterMark

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:676


writableLength

Readonly writableLength: number

This property contains the number of bytes (or objects) in the queue ready to be written. The value provides introspection data regarding the status of the highWaterMark.

Since

v9.4.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.writableLength

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:683


writableNeedDrain

Readonly writableNeedDrain: boolean

Is true if the stream's buffer has been full and stream will emit 'drain'.

Since

v15.2.0, v14.17.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.writableNeedDrain

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:714


writableObjectMode

Readonly writableObjectMode: boolean

Getter for the property objectMode of a given Writable stream.

Since

v12.3.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.writableObjectMode

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:688


captureRejectionSymbol

Static Readonly captureRejectionSymbol: typeof captureRejectionSymbol

Value: Symbol.for('nodejs.rejection')

See how to write a custom rejection handler.

Since

v13.4.0, v12.16.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.captureRejectionSymbol

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:402


captureRejections

Static captureRejections: boolean

Value: boolean

Change the default captureRejections option on all new EventEmitter objects.

Since

v13.4.0, v12.16.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.captureRejections

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:409


defaultMaxListeners

Static defaultMaxListeners: number

By default, a maximum of 10 listeners can be registered for any single event. This limit can be changed for individual EventEmitter instances using the emitter.setMaxListeners(n) method. To change the default for allEventEmitter instances, the events.defaultMaxListenersproperty can be used. If this value is not a positive number, a RangeErroris thrown.

Take caution when setting the events.defaultMaxListeners because the change affects allEventEmitter instances, including those created before the change is made. However, calling emitter.setMaxListeners(n) still has precedence over events.defaultMaxListeners.

This is not a hard limit. The EventEmitter instance will allow more listeners to be added but will output a trace warning to stderr indicating that a "possible EventEmitter memory leak" has been detected. For any singleEventEmitter, the emitter.getMaxListeners() and emitter.setMaxListeners()methods can be used to temporarily avoid this warning:

import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
const emitter = new EventEmitter();
emitter.setMaxListeners(emitter.getMaxListeners() + 1);
emitter.once('event', () => {
  // do stuff
  emitter.setMaxListeners(Math.max(emitter.getMaxListeners() - 1, 0));
});

The --trace-warnings command-line flag can be used to display the stack trace for such warnings.

The emitted warning can be inspected with process.on('warning') and will have the additional emitter, type, and count properties, referring to the event emitter instance, the event's name and the number of attached listeners, respectively. Its name property is set to 'MaxListenersExceededWarning'.

Since

v0.11.2

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.defaultMaxListeners

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:446


errorMonitor

Static Readonly errorMonitor: typeof errorMonitor

This symbol shall be used to install a listener for only monitoring 'error'events. Listeners installed using this symbol are called before the regular'error' listeners are called.

Installing a listener using this symbol does not change the behavior once an'error' event is emitted. Therefore, the process will still crash if no regular 'error' listener is installed.

Since

v13.6.0, v12.17.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.errorMonitor

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:395

Methods

[captureRejectionSymbol]

[captureRejectionSymbol](error, event, ...args): void

Parameters

Name Type
error Error
event string
...args any[]

Returns

void

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.[captureRejectionSymbol]

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:112


_construct

_construct(callback): void

Parameters

Name Type
callback (error?: null | Error) => void

Returns

void

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage._construct

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:724


_destroy

_destroy(error, callback): void

Parameters

Name Type
error null | Error
callback (error?: null | Error) => void

Returns

void

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage._destroy

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:725


_final

_final(callback): void

Parameters

Name Type
callback (error?: null | Error) => void

Returns

void

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage._final

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:726


_write

_write(chunk, encoding, callback): void

Parameters

Name Type
chunk any
encoding BufferEncoding
callback (error?: null | Error) => void

Returns

void

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage._write

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:716


_writev

_writev(chunks, callback): void

Parameters

Name Type
chunks { chunk: any ; encoding: BufferEncoding }[]
callback (error?: null | Error) => void

Returns

void

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage._writev

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:717


abort

abort(): void

Marks the request as aborting. Calling this will cause remaining data in the response to be dropped and the socket to be destroyed.

Returns

void

Since

v0.3.8

Deprecated

Since v14.1.0,v13.14.0 - Use destroy instead.

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:982


addListener

addListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "abort"
listener () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Deprecated

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.addListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1018

addListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "connect"
listener (response: IncomingMessage, socket: Socket, head: Buffer) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.addListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1019

addListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "continue"
listener () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.addListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1023

addListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "information"
listener (info: InformationEvent) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.addListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1024

addListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "response"
listener (response: IncomingMessage) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.addListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1025

addListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "socket"
listener (socket: Socket) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.addListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1026

addListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "timeout"
listener () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.addListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1027

addListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "upgrade"
listener (response: IncomingMessage, socket: Socket, head: Buffer) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.addListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1028

addListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "close"
listener () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.addListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1032

addListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "drain"
listener () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.addListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1033

addListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "error"
listener (err: Error) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.addListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1034

addListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "finish"
listener () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.addListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1035

addListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "pipe"
listener (src: Readable) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.addListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1036

addListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "unpipe"
listener (src: Readable) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.addListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1037

addListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event string | symbol
listener (...args: any[]) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.addListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1038


addTrailers

addTrailers(headers): void

Adds HTTP trailers (headers but at the end of the message) to the message.

Trailers will only be emitted if the message is chunked encoded. If not, the trailers will be silently discarded.

HTTP requires the Trailer header to be sent to emit trailers, with a list of header field names in its value, e.g.

message.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain',
                         'Trailer': 'Content-MD5' });
message.write(fileData);
message.addTrailers({ 'Content-MD5': '7895bf4b8828b55ceaf47747b4bca667' });
message.end();

Attempting to set a header field name or value that contains invalid characters will result in a TypeError being thrown.

Parameters

Name Type
headers OutgoingHttpHeaders | readonly [string, string][]

Returns

void

Since

v0.3.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.addTrailers

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:682


appendHeader

appendHeader(name, value): ClientRequest

Append a single header value for the header object.

If the value is an array, this is equivalent of calling this method multiple times.

If there were no previous value for the header, this is equivalent of calling outgoingMessage.setHeader(name, value).

Depending of the value of options.uniqueHeaders when the client request or the server were created, this will end up in the header being sent multiple times or a single time with values joined using ; .

Parameters

Name Type Description
name string Header name
value string | readonly string[] Header value

Returns

ClientRequest

Since

v18.3.0, v16.17.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.appendHeader

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:605


compose

compose<T>(stream, options?): T

Type parameters

Name Type
T extends ReadableStream

Parameters

Name Type
stream ComposeFnParam | T | Iterable<T> | AsyncIterable<T>
options? Object
options.signal AbortSignal

Returns

T

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.compose

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:35


cork

cork(): void

The writable.cork() method forces all written data to be buffered in memory. The buffered data will be flushed when either the uncork or end methods are called.

The primary intent of writable.cork() is to accommodate a situation in which several small chunks are written to the stream in rapid succession. Instead of immediately forwarding them to the underlying destination, writable.cork()buffers all the chunks until writable.uncork() is called, which will pass them all to writable._writev(), if present. This prevents a head-of-line blocking situation where data is being buffered while waiting for the first small chunk to be processed. However, use of writable.cork() without implementingwritable._writev() may have an adverse effect on throughput.

See also: writable.uncork(), writable._writev().

Returns

void

Since

v0.11.2

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.cork

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:830


destroy

destroy(error?): ClientRequest

Destroy the stream. Optionally emit an 'error' event, and emit a 'close'event (unless emitClose is set to false). After this call, the writable stream has ended and subsequent calls to write() or end() will result in an ERR_STREAM_DESTROYED error. This is a destructive and immediate way to destroy a stream. Previous calls towrite() may not have drained, and may trigger an ERR_STREAM_DESTROYED error. Use end() instead of destroy if data should flush before close, or wait for the 'drain' event before destroying the stream.

Once destroy() has been called any further calls will be a no-op and no further errors except from _destroy() may be emitted as 'error'.

Implementors should not override this method, but instead implement writable._destroy().

Parameters

Name Type Description
error? Error Optional, an error to emit with 'error' event.

Returns

ClientRequest

Since

v8.0.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.destroy

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:881


emit

emit(event): boolean

Synchronously calls each of the listeners registered for the event namedeventName, in the order they were registered, passing the supplied arguments to each.

Returns true if the event had listeners, false otherwise.

import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
const myEmitter = new EventEmitter();

// First listener
myEmitter.on('event', function firstListener() {
  console.log('Helloooo! first listener');
});
// Second listener
myEmitter.on('event', function secondListener(arg1, arg2) {
  console.log(`event with parameters ${arg1}, ${arg2} in second listener`);
});
// Third listener
myEmitter.on('event', function thirdListener(...args) {
  const parameters = args.join(', ');
  console.log(`event with parameters ${parameters} in third listener`);
});

console.log(myEmitter.listeners('event'));

myEmitter.emit('event', 1, 2, 3, 4, 5);

// Prints:
// [
//   [Function: firstListener],
//   [Function: secondListener],
//   [Function: thirdListener]
// ]
// Helloooo! first listener
// event with parameters 1, 2 in second listener
// event with parameters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 in third listener

Parameters

Name Type
event "close"

Returns

boolean

Since

v0.1.26

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.emit

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:899

emit(event): boolean

Parameters

Name Type
event "drain"

Returns

boolean

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.emit

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:900

emit(event, err): boolean

Parameters

Name Type
event "error"
err Error

Returns

boolean

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.emit

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:901

emit(event): boolean

Parameters

Name Type
event "finish"

Returns

boolean

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.emit

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:902

emit(event, src): boolean

Parameters

Name Type
event "pipe"
src Readable

Returns

boolean

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.emit

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:903

emit(event, src): boolean

Parameters

Name Type
event "unpipe"
src Readable

Returns

boolean

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.emit

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:904

emit(event, ...args): boolean

Parameters

Name Type
event string | symbol
...args any[]

Returns

boolean

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.emit

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:905


end

end(cb?): ClientRequest

Calling the writable.end() method signals that no more data will be written to the Writable. The optional chunk and encoding arguments allow one final additional chunk of data to be written immediately before closing the stream.

Calling the write method after calling end will raise an error.

// Write 'hello, ' and then end with 'world!'.
const fs = require('node:fs');
const file = fs.createWriteStream('example.txt');
file.write('hello, ');
file.end('world!');
// Writing more now is not allowed!

Parameters

Name Type
cb? () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Since

v0.9.4

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.end

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:813

end(chunk, cb?): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
chunk any
cb? () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.end

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:814

end(chunk, encoding, cb?): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
chunk any
encoding BufferEncoding
cb? () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.end

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:815


eventNames

eventNames(): (string | symbol)[]

Returns an array listing the events for which the emitter has registered listeners. The values in the array are strings or Symbols.

import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';

const myEE = new EventEmitter();
myEE.on('foo', () => {});
myEE.on('bar', () => {});

const sym = Symbol('symbol');
myEE.on(sym, () => {});

console.log(myEE.eventNames());
// Prints: [ 'foo', 'bar', Symbol(symbol) ]

Returns

(string | symbol)[]

Since

v6.0.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.eventNames

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:870


flushHeaders

flushHeaders(): void

Flushes the message headers.

For efficiency reason, Node.js normally buffers the message headers until outgoingMessage.end() is called or the first chunk of message data is written. It then tries to pack the headers and data into a single TCP packet.

It is usually desired (it saves a TCP round-trip), but not when the first data is not sent until possibly much later. outgoingMessage.flushHeaders()bypasses the optimization and kickstarts the message.

Returns

void

Since

v1.6.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.flushHeaders

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:695


getHeader

getHeader(name): undefined | string | number | string[]

Gets the value of the HTTP header with the given name. If that header is not set, the returned value will be undefined.

Parameters

Name Type Description
name string Name of header

Returns

undefined | string | number | string[]

Since

v0.4.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.getHeader

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:612


getHeaderNames

getHeaderNames(): string[]

Returns an array containing the unique names of the current outgoing headers. All names are lowercase.

Returns

string[]

Since

v7.7.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.getHeaderNames

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:640


getHeaders

getHeaders(): OutgoingHttpHeaders

Returns a shallow copy of the current outgoing headers. Since a shallow copy is used, array values may be mutated without additional calls to various header-related HTTP module methods. The keys of the returned object are the header names and the values are the respective header values. All header names are lowercase.

The object returned by the outgoingMessage.getHeaders() method does not prototypically inherit from the JavaScript Object. This means that typical Object methods such as obj.toString(), obj.hasOwnProperty(), and others are not defined and will not work.

outgoingMessage.setHeader('Foo', 'bar');
outgoingMessage.setHeader('Set-Cookie', ['foo=bar', 'bar=baz']);

const headers = outgoingMessage.getHeaders();
// headers === { foo: 'bar', 'set-cookie': ['foo=bar', 'bar=baz'] }

Returns

OutgoingHttpHeaders

Since

v7.7.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.getHeaders

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:634


getMaxListeners

getMaxListeners(): number

Returns the current max listener value for the EventEmitter which is either set by emitter.setMaxListeners(n) or defaults to defaultMaxListeners.

Returns

number

Since

v1.0.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.getMaxListeners

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:722


getRawHeaderNames

getRawHeaderNames(): string[]

Returns an array containing the unique names of the current outgoing raw headers. Header names are returned with their exact casing being set.

request.setHeader('Foo', 'bar');
request.setHeader('Set-Cookie', ['foo=bar', 'bar=baz']);

const headerNames = request.getRawHeaderNames();
// headerNames === ['Foo', 'Set-Cookie']

Returns

string[]

Since

v15.13.0, v14.17.0

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1014


hasHeader

hasHeader(name): boolean

Returns true if the header identified by name is currently set in the outgoing headers. The header name is case-insensitive.

const hasContentType = outgoingMessage.hasHeader('content-type');

Parameters

Name Type
name string

Returns

boolean

Since

v7.7.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.hasHeader

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:650


listenerCount

listenerCount(eventName, listener?): number

Returns the number of listeners listening for the event named eventName. If listener is provided, it will return how many times the listener is found in the list of the listeners of the event.

Parameters

Name Type Description
eventName string | symbol The name of the event being listened for
listener? Function The event handler function

Returns

number

Since

v3.2.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.listenerCount

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:816


listeners

listeners(eventName): Function[]

Returns a copy of the array of listeners for the event named eventName.

server.on('connection', (stream) => {
  console.log('someone connected!');
});
console.log(util.inspect(server.listeners('connection')));
// Prints: [ [Function] ]

Parameters

Name Type
eventName string | symbol

Returns

Function[]

Since

v0.1.26

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.listeners

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:735


off

off(eventName, listener): ClientRequest

Alias for emitter.removeListener().

Parameters

Name Type
eventName string | symbol
listener (...args: any[]) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Since

v10.0.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.off

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:695


on

on(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "abort"
listener () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Deprecated

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.on

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1042

on(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "connect"
listener (response: IncomingMessage, socket: Socket, head: Buffer) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.on

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1043

on(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "continue"
listener () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.on

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1044

on(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "information"
listener (info: InformationEvent) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.on

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1045

on(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "response"
listener (response: IncomingMessage) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.on

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1046

on(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "socket"
listener (socket: Socket) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.on

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1047

on(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "timeout"
listener () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.on

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1048

on(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "upgrade"
listener (response: IncomingMessage, socket: Socket, head: Buffer) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.on

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1049

on(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "close"
listener () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.on

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1050

on(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "drain"
listener () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.on

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1051

on(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "error"
listener (err: Error) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.on

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1052

on(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "finish"
listener () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.on

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1053

on(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "pipe"
listener (src: Readable) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.on

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1054

on(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "unpipe"
listener (src: Readable) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.on

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1055

on(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event string | symbol
listener (...args: any[]) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.on

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1056


onSocket

onSocket(socket): void

Parameters

Name Type
socket Socket

Returns

void

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:983


once

once(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "abort"
listener () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Deprecated

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.once

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1060

once(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "connect"
listener (response: IncomingMessage, socket: Socket, head: Buffer) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.once

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1061

once(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "continue"
listener () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.once

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1062

once(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "information"
listener (info: InformationEvent) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.once

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1063

once(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "response"
listener (response: IncomingMessage) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.once

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1064

once(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "socket"
listener (socket: Socket) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.once

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1065

once(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "timeout"
listener () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.once

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1066

once(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "upgrade"
listener (response: IncomingMessage, socket: Socket, head: Buffer) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.once

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1067

once(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "close"
listener () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.once

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1068

once(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "drain"
listener () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.once

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1069

once(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "error"
listener (err: Error) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.once

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1070

once(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "finish"
listener () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.once

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1071

once(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "pipe"
listener (src: Readable) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.once

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1072

once(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "unpipe"
listener (src: Readable) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.once

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1073

once(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event string | symbol
listener (...args: any[]) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.once

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1074


pipe

pipe<T>(destination, options?): T

Type parameters

Name Type
T extends WritableStream

Parameters

Name Type
destination T
options? Object
options.end? boolean

Returns

T

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.pipe

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:29


prependListener

prependListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "abort"
listener () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Deprecated

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.prependListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1078

prependListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "connect"
listener (response: IncomingMessage, socket: Socket, head: Buffer) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.prependListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1079

prependListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "continue"
listener () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.prependListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1083

prependListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "information"
listener (info: InformationEvent) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.prependListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1084

prependListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "response"
listener (response: IncomingMessage) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.prependListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1085

prependListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "socket"
listener (socket: Socket) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.prependListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1086

prependListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "timeout"
listener () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.prependListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1087

prependListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "upgrade"
listener (response: IncomingMessage, socket: Socket, head: Buffer) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.prependListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1088

prependListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "close"
listener () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.prependListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1092

prependListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "drain"
listener () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.prependListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1093

prependListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "error"
listener (err: Error) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.prependListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1094

prependListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "finish"
listener () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.prependListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1095

prependListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "pipe"
listener (src: Readable) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.prependListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1096

prependListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "unpipe"
listener (src: Readable) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.prependListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1097

prependListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event string | symbol
listener (...args: any[]) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.prependListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1098


prependOnceListener

prependOnceListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "abort"
listener () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Deprecated

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.prependOnceListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1102

prependOnceListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "connect"
listener (response: IncomingMessage, socket: Socket, head: Buffer) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.prependOnceListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1103

prependOnceListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "continue"
listener () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.prependOnceListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1107

prependOnceListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "information"
listener (info: InformationEvent) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.prependOnceListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1108

prependOnceListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "response"
listener (response: IncomingMessage) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.prependOnceListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1109

prependOnceListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "socket"
listener (socket: Socket) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.prependOnceListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1110

prependOnceListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "timeout"
listener () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.prependOnceListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1111

prependOnceListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "upgrade"
listener (response: IncomingMessage, socket: Socket, head: Buffer) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.prependOnceListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1112

prependOnceListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "close"
listener () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.prependOnceListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1116

prependOnceListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "drain"
listener () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.prependOnceListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1117

prependOnceListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "error"
listener (err: Error) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.prependOnceListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1118

prependOnceListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "finish"
listener () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.prependOnceListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1119

prependOnceListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "pipe"
listener (src: Readable) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.prependOnceListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1120

prependOnceListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "unpipe"
listener (src: Readable) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.prependOnceListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1121

prependOnceListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event string | symbol
listener (...args: any[]) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.prependOnceListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1122


rawListeners

rawListeners(eventName): Function[]

Returns a copy of the array of listeners for the event named eventName, including any wrappers (such as those created by .once()).

import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
const emitter = new EventEmitter();
emitter.once('log', () => console.log('log once'));

// Returns a new Array with a function `onceWrapper` which has a property
// `listener` which contains the original listener bound above
const listeners = emitter.rawListeners('log');
const logFnWrapper = listeners[0];

// Logs "log once" to the console and does not unbind the `once` event
logFnWrapper.listener();

// Logs "log once" to the console and removes the listener
logFnWrapper();

emitter.on('log', () => console.log('log persistently'));
// Will return a new Array with a single function bound by `.on()` above
const newListeners = emitter.rawListeners('log');

// Logs "log persistently" twice
newListeners[0]();
emitter.emit('log');

Parameters

Name Type
eventName string | symbol

Returns

Function[]

Since

v9.4.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.rawListeners

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:766


removeAllListeners

removeAllListeners(event?): ClientRequest

Removes all listeners, or those of the specified eventName.

It is bad practice to remove listeners added elsewhere in the code, particularly when the EventEmitter instance was created by some other component or module (e.g. sockets or file streams).

Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

Parameters

Name Type
event? string | symbol

Returns

ClientRequest

Since

v0.1.26

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.removeAllListeners

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:706


removeHeader

removeHeader(name): void

Removes a header that is queued for implicit sending.

outgoingMessage.removeHeader('Content-Encoding');

Parameters

Name Type Description
name string Header name

Returns

void

Since

v0.4.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.removeHeader

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:660


removeListener

removeListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Removes the specified listener from the listener array for the event namedeventName.

const callback = (stream) => {
  console.log('someone connected!');
};
server.on('connection', callback);
// ...
server.removeListener('connection', callback);

removeListener() will remove, at most, one instance of a listener from the listener array. If any single listener has been added multiple times to the listener array for the specified eventName, then removeListener() must be called multiple times to remove each instance.

Once an event is emitted, all listeners attached to it at the time of emitting are called in order. This implies that anyremoveListener() or removeAllListeners() calls after emitting and before the last listener finishes execution will not remove them fromemit() in progress. Subsequent events behave as expected.

import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
class MyEmitter extends EventEmitter {}
const myEmitter = new MyEmitter();

const callbackA = () => {
  console.log('A');
  myEmitter.removeListener('event', callbackB);
};

const callbackB = () => {
  console.log('B');
};

myEmitter.on('event', callbackA);

myEmitter.on('event', callbackB);

// callbackA removes listener callbackB but it will still be called.
// Internal listener array at time of emit [callbackA, callbackB]
myEmitter.emit('event');
// Prints:
//   A
//   B

// callbackB is now removed.
// Internal listener array [callbackA]
myEmitter.emit('event');
// Prints:
//   A

Because listeners are managed using an internal array, calling this will change the position indices of any listener registered after the listener being removed. This will not impact the order in which listeners are called, but it means that any copies of the listener array as returned by the emitter.listeners() method will need to be recreated.

When a single function has been added as a handler multiple times for a single event (as in the example below), removeListener() will remove the most recently added instance. In the example the once('ping')listener is removed:

import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
const ee = new EventEmitter();

function pong() {
  console.log('pong');
}

ee.on('ping', pong);
ee.once('ping', pong);
ee.removeListener('ping', pong);

ee.emit('ping');
ee.emit('ping');

Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

Parameters

Name Type
event "close"
listener () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Since

v0.1.26

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.removeListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:934

removeListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "drain"
listener () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.removeListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:935

removeListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "error"
listener (err: Error) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.removeListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:936

removeListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "finish"
listener () => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.removeListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:937

removeListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "pipe"
listener (src: Readable) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.removeListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:938

removeListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event "unpipe"
listener (src: Readable) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.removeListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:939

removeListener(event, listener): ClientRequest

Parameters

Name Type
event string | symbol
listener (...args: any[]) => void

Returns

ClientRequest

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.removeListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:940


setDefaultEncoding

setDefaultEncoding(encoding): ClientRequest

The writable.setDefaultEncoding() method sets the default encoding for a Writable stream.

Parameters

Name Type Description
encoding BufferEncoding The new default encoding

Returns

ClientRequest

Since

v0.11.15

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.setDefaultEncoding

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:790


setHeader

setHeader(name, value): ClientRequest

Sets a single header value. If the header already exists in the to-be-sent headers, its value will be replaced. Use an array of strings to send multiple headers with the same name.

Parameters

Name Type Description
name string Header name
value string | number | readonly string[] Header value

Returns

ClientRequest

Since

v0.4.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.setHeader

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:589


setMaxListeners

setMaxListeners(n): ClientRequest

By default EventEmitters will print a warning if more than 10 listeners are added for a particular event. This is a useful default that helps finding memory leaks. The emitter.setMaxListeners() method allows the limit to be modified for this specific EventEmitter instance. The value can be set toInfinity (or 0) to indicate an unlimited number of listeners.

Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

Parameters

Name Type
n number

Returns

ClientRequest

Since

v0.3.5

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.setMaxListeners

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:716


setNoDelay

setNoDelay(noDelay?): void

Once a socket is assigned to this request and is connected socket.setNoDelay() will be called.

Parameters

Name Type
noDelay? boolean

Returns

void

Since

v0.5.9

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:995


setSocketKeepAlive

setSocketKeepAlive(enable?, initialDelay?): void

Once a socket is assigned to this request and is connected socket.setKeepAlive() will be called.

Parameters

Name Type
enable? boolean
initialDelay? number

Returns

void

Since

v0.5.9

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:1000


setTimeout

setTimeout(timeout, callback?): ClientRequest

Once a socket is assigned to this request and is connected socket.setTimeout() will be called.

Parameters

Name Type Description
timeout number Milliseconds before a request times out.
callback? () => void Optional function to be called when a timeout occurs. Same as binding to the 'timeout' event.

Returns

ClientRequest

Since

v0.5.9

Overrides

OutgoingMessage.setTimeout

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/http.d.ts:990


uncork

uncork(): void

The writable.uncork() method flushes all data buffered since cork was called.

When using writable.cork() and writable.uncork() to manage the buffering of writes to a stream, defer calls to writable.uncork() usingprocess.nextTick(). Doing so allows batching of allwritable.write() calls that occur within a given Node.js event loop phase.

stream.cork();
stream.write('some ');
stream.write('data ');
process.nextTick(() => stream.uncork());

If the writable.cork() method is called multiple times on a stream, the same number of calls to writable.uncork() must be called to flush the buffered data.

stream.cork();
stream.write('some ');
stream.cork();
stream.write('data ');
process.nextTick(() => {
  stream.uncork();
  // The data will not be flushed until uncork() is called a second time.
  stream.uncork();
});

See also: writable.cork().

Returns

void

Since

v0.11.2

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.uncork

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:864


write

write(chunk, callback?): boolean

The writable.write() method writes some data to the stream, and calls the supplied callback once the data has been fully handled. If an error occurs, the callback will be called with the error as its first argument. The callback is called asynchronously and before 'error' is emitted.

The return value is true if the internal buffer is less than thehighWaterMark configured when the stream was created after admitting chunk. If false is returned, further attempts to write data to the stream should stop until the 'drain' event is emitted.

While a stream is not draining, calls to write() will buffer chunk, and return false. Once all currently buffered chunks are drained (accepted for delivery by the operating system), the 'drain' event will be emitted. Once write() returns false, do not write more chunks until the 'drain' event is emitted. While calling write() on a stream that is not draining is allowed, Node.js will buffer all written chunks until maximum memory usage occurs, at which point it will abort unconditionally. Even before it aborts, high memory usage will cause poor garbage collector performance and high RSS (which is not typically released back to the system, even after the memory is no longer required). Since TCP sockets may never drain if the remote peer does not read the data, writing a socket that is not draining may lead to a remotely exploitable vulnerability.

Writing data while the stream is not draining is particularly problematic for a Transform, because the Transform streams are paused by default until they are piped or a 'data' or 'readable' event handler is added.

If the data to be written can be generated or fetched on demand, it is recommended to encapsulate the logic into a Readable and use pipe. However, if calling write() is preferred, it is possible to respect backpressure and avoid memory issues using the 'drain' event:

function write(data, cb) {
  if (!stream.write(data)) {
    stream.once('drain', cb);
  } else {
    process.nextTick(cb);
  }
}

// Wait for cb to be called before doing any other write.
write('hello', () => {
  console.log('Write completed, do more writes now.');
});

A Writable stream in object mode will always ignore the encoding argument.

Parameters

Name Type Description
chunk any Optional data to write. For streams not operating in object mode, chunk must be a string, Buffer or Uint8Array. For object mode streams, chunk may be any JavaScript value other than null.
callback? (error: undefined | null | Error) => void Callback for when this chunk of data is flushed.

Returns

boolean

false if the stream wishes for the calling code to wait for the 'drain' event to be emitted before continuing to write additional data; otherwise true.

Since

v0.9.4

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.write

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:783

write(chunk, encoding, callback?): boolean

Parameters

Name Type
chunk any
encoding BufferEncoding
callback? (error: undefined | null | Error) => void

Returns

boolean

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.write

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:784


addAbortListener

addAbortListener(signal, resource): Disposable

Listens once to the abort event on the provided signal.

Listening to the abort event on abort signals is unsafe and may lead to resource leaks since another third party with the signal can call e.stopImmediatePropagation(). Unfortunately Node.js cannot change this since it would violate the web standard. Additionally, the original API makes it easy to forget to remove listeners.

This API allows safely using AbortSignals in Node.js APIs by solving these two issues by listening to the event such that stopImmediatePropagation does not prevent the listener from running.

Returns a disposable so that it may be unsubscribed from more easily.

import { addAbortListener } from 'node:events';

function example(signal) {
  let disposable;
  try {
    signal.addEventListener('abort', (e) => e.stopImmediatePropagation());
    disposable = addAbortListener(signal, (e) => {
      // Do something when signal is aborted.
    });
  } finally {
    disposable?.[Symbol.dispose]();
  }
}

Parameters

Name Type
signal AbortSignal
resource (event: Event) => void

Returns

Disposable

Disposable that removes the abort listener.

Since

v20.5.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.addAbortListener

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:387


fromWeb

fromWeb(writableStream, options?): Writable

A utility method for creating a Writable from a web WritableStream.

Parameters

Name Type
writableStream WritableStream<any>
options? Pick<WritableOptions, "signal" | "highWaterMark" | "objectMode" | "decodeStrings">

Returns

Writable

Since

v17.0.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.fromWeb

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:1006


getEventListeners

getEventListeners(emitter, name): Function[]

Returns a copy of the array of listeners for the event named eventName.

For EventEmitters this behaves exactly the same as calling .listeners on the emitter.

For EventTargets this is the only way to get the event listeners for the event target. This is useful for debugging and diagnostic purposes.

import { getEventListeners, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';

{
  const ee = new EventEmitter();
  const listener = () => console.log('Events are fun');
  ee.on('foo', listener);
  console.log(getEventListeners(ee, 'foo')); // [ [Function: listener] ]
}
{
  const et = new EventTarget();
  const listener = () => console.log('Events are fun');
  et.addEventListener('foo', listener);
  console.log(getEventListeners(et, 'foo')); // [ [Function: listener] ]
}

Parameters

Name Type
emitter EventEmitter | _DOMEventTarget
name string | symbol

Returns

Function[]

Since

v15.2.0, v14.17.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.getEventListeners

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:308


getMaxListeners

getMaxListeners(emitter): number

Returns the currently set max amount of listeners.

For EventEmitters this behaves exactly the same as calling .getMaxListeners on the emitter.

For EventTargets this is the only way to get the max event listeners for the event target. If the number of event handlers on a single EventTarget exceeds the max set, the EventTarget will print a warning.

import { getMaxListeners, setMaxListeners, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';

{
  const ee = new EventEmitter();
  console.log(getMaxListeners(ee)); // 10
  setMaxListeners(11, ee);
  console.log(getMaxListeners(ee)); // 11
}
{
  const et = new EventTarget();
  console.log(getMaxListeners(et)); // 10
  setMaxListeners(11, et);
  console.log(getMaxListeners(et)); // 11
}

Parameters

Name Type
emitter EventEmitter | _DOMEventTarget

Returns

number

Since

v19.9.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.getMaxListeners

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:337


listenerCount

listenerCount(emitter, eventName): number

A class method that returns the number of listeners for the given eventNameregistered on the given emitter.

import { EventEmitter, listenerCount } from 'node:events';

const myEmitter = new EventEmitter();
myEmitter.on('event', () => {});
myEmitter.on('event', () => {});
console.log(listenerCount(myEmitter, 'event'));
// Prints: 2

Parameters

Name Type Description
emitter EventEmitter The emitter to query
eventName string | symbol The event name

Returns

number

Since

v0.9.12

Deprecated

Since v3.2.0 - Use listenerCount instead.

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.listenerCount

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:280


on

on(emitter, eventName, options?): AsyncIterableIterator<any>

import { on, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
import process from 'node:process';

const ee = new EventEmitter();

// Emit later on
process.nextTick(() => {
  ee.emit('foo', 'bar');
  ee.emit('foo', 42);
});

for await (const event of on(ee, 'foo')) {
  // The execution of this inner block is synchronous and it
  // processes one event at a time (even with await). Do not use
  // if concurrent execution is required.
  console.log(event); // prints ['bar'] [42]
}
// Unreachable here

Returns an AsyncIterator that iterates eventName events. It will throw if the EventEmitter emits 'error'. It removes all listeners when exiting the loop. The value returned by each iteration is an array composed of the emitted event arguments.

An AbortSignal can be used to cancel waiting on events:

import { on, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
import process from 'node:process';

const ac = new AbortController();

(async () => {
  const ee = new EventEmitter();

  // Emit later on
  process.nextTick(() => {
    ee.emit('foo', 'bar');
    ee.emit('foo', 42);
  });

  for await (const event of on(ee, 'foo', { signal: ac.signal })) {
    // The execution of this inner block is synchronous and it
    // processes one event at a time (even with await). Do not use
    // if concurrent execution is required.
    console.log(event); // prints ['bar'] [42]
  }
  // Unreachable here
})();

process.nextTick(() => ac.abort());

Parameters

Name Type Description
emitter EventEmitter -
eventName string The name of the event being listened for
options? StaticEventEmitterOptions -

Returns

AsyncIterableIterator<any>

that iterates eventName events emitted by the emitter

Since

v13.6.0, v12.16.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.on

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:258


once

once(emitter, eventName, options?): Promise<any[]>

Creates a Promise that is fulfilled when the EventEmitter emits the given event or that is rejected if the EventEmitter emits 'error' while waiting. The Promise will resolve with an array of all the arguments emitted to the given event.

This method is intentionally generic and works with the web platform EventTarget interface, which has no special'error' event semantics and does not listen to the 'error' event.

import { once, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
import process from 'node:process';

const ee = new EventEmitter();

process.nextTick(() => {
  ee.emit('myevent', 42);
});

const [value] = await once(ee, 'myevent');
console.log(value);

const err = new Error('kaboom');
process.nextTick(() => {
  ee.emit('error', err);
});

try {
  await once(ee, 'myevent');
} catch (err) {
  console.error('error happened', err);
}

The special handling of the 'error' event is only used when events.once()is used to wait for another event. If events.once() is used to wait for the 'error' event itself, then it is treated as any other kind of event without special handling:

import { EventEmitter, once } from 'node:events';

const ee = new EventEmitter();

once(ee, 'error')
  .then(([err]) => console.log('ok', err.message))
  .catch((err) => console.error('error', err.message));

ee.emit('error', new Error('boom'));

// Prints: ok boom

An AbortSignal can be used to cancel waiting for the event:

import { EventEmitter, once } from 'node:events';

const ee = new EventEmitter();
const ac = new AbortController();

async function foo(emitter, event, signal) {
  try {
    await once(emitter, event, { signal });
    console.log('event emitted!');
  } catch (error) {
    if (error.name === 'AbortError') {
      console.error('Waiting for the event was canceled!');
    } else {
      console.error('There was an error', error.message);
    }
  }
}

foo(ee, 'foo', ac.signal);
ac.abort(); // Abort waiting for the event
ee.emit('foo'); // Prints: Waiting for the event was canceled!

Parameters

Name Type
emitter _NodeEventTarget
eventName string | symbol
options? StaticEventEmitterOptions

Returns

Promise<any[]>

Since

v11.13.0, v10.16.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.once

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:193

once(emitter, eventName, options?): Promise<any[]>

Parameters

Name Type
emitter _DOMEventTarget
eventName string
options? StaticEventEmitterOptions

Returns

Promise<any[]>

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.once

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:198


setMaxListeners

setMaxListeners(n?, ...eventTargets): void

import { setMaxListeners, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';

const target = new EventTarget();
const emitter = new EventEmitter();

setMaxListeners(5, target, emitter);

Parameters

Name Type Description
n? number A non-negative number. The maximum number of listeners per EventTarget event.
...eventTargets (EventEmitter | _DOMEventTarget)[] -

Returns

void

Since

v15.4.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.setMaxListeners

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:352


toWeb

toWeb(streamWritable): WritableStream<any>

A utility method for creating a web WritableStream from a Writable.

Parameters

Name Type
streamWritable Writable

Returns

WritableStream<any>

Since

v17.0.0

Inherited from

OutgoingMessage.toWeb

Defined in

node_modules/@types/node/stream.d.ts:1015

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