loopbackio / loopbackio/loopback-connector-rest
Replacing deprecated request dependency
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- Dominant language
- JavaScript
- Stars
- 73
- Forks
- 82
- Avg merge
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Description
## Suggestion
Replacing the deprecated [request](https://www.npmjs.com/package/request) package by a modern equivalent like [axios](https://www.npmjs.com/package/axios) or [superagent](https://www.npmjs.com/package/superagent).
More alternatives mentionned [here](https://github.com/request/request/issues/3143)
## Use Cases
N/A
## Examples
N/A
## Acceptance criteria
TBD - will be filled by the team.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No source files or tests are named. Start by locating the request dependency and its usages in the repository, then inspect related tests and the package configuration; done means a modern replacement is selected, request is removed, and existing REST connector behavior remains covered.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- api, backend
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100