Request Node lib used by 48k modules is now deprecated

It was about time. I did some benchmarks few years ago and the results were disgusting compared to native lib, plus why so many dependencies for a simple request library? I will never understand why it gained so much publicly, it was worthless since the day one.

Re: Request Node lib used by 48k modules is now deprecated

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Post by petercooper » Tue, Feb 18, 2020, 5:00 PM UTC

winrid wrote: post #2

What, why? Edit: https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142

Specifically:

The first version of request was one of the first modules ever created for the Node.js ecosystem. [..] The patterns at the core of request are out of date. [..] A version of request written to truly embrace these new language patterns is, effectively, a new module.

Re: Request Node lib used by 48k modules is now deprecated

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Post by Narretz » Tue, Feb 18, 2020, 5:01 PM UTC

manojlds wrote: post #3

48k? Isn't github showing 4.4m? Everyone I see seems to use axios these days.

Github shows which repositories use request. 48k is the number of modules on npm.

Re: Request Node lib used by 48k modules is now deprecated

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Post by nem_pet » Tue, Feb 18, 2020, 5:02 PM UTC

This little maneuver is gonna cost us 51 years.

Re: Request Node lib used by 48k modules is now deprecated

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Post by floatingatoll » Tue, Feb 18, 2020, 5:02 PM UTC

Previously on HN (72 comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19604148

Re: Request Node lib used by 48k modules is now deprecated

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Post by have_faith » Tue, Feb 18, 2020, 5:07 PM UTC

craftoman wrote: post #4

It was about time. I did some benchmarks few years ago and the results were disgusting compared to native lib, plus why so many dependencies for a simple request library? I will never understand why it gained so much publicly, it was worthless since the day one.

Seems like a disrespectful way of describing someone else's work, regardless of shortcomings.

Re: Request Node lib used by 48k modules is now deprecated

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Post by nem_pet » Tue, Feb 18, 2020, 5:09 PM UTC

nem_pet wrote: post #7

This little maneuver is gonna cost us 51 years.

I don’t see a point to give negative if you don’t get it.