tomas/needle

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Nimble, streamable HTTP client for Node.js. With proxy, iconv, cookie, deflate & multipart support.

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Forks: 237
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 81

Dominant language: JavaScript
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Jul 1, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 20, 2026
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81 open issues indexed

Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'query') Open

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tomas/needle#445 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 12, 2026
Issue with digest octet-stream request when using ReadStreams Open

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tomas/needle#441 · 4 comments · Opened Jun 30, 2025
Multipart flatten includes properties in prototype Open

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tomas/needle#438 · Opened Sep 9, 2024
Cookies don't send after redirect Open

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tomas/needle#437 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 22, 2024
Invalid protocol causes uncatchable error in node:http(s) Open

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tomas/needle#436 · Opened Jul 12, 2024
`get` with redirect leads to ~30sec hang Open

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tomas/needle#435 · 7 comments · Opened Jun 29, 2024
Multipart uploads strips date values in the request body Open

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tomas/needle#432 · 2 comments · Opened Feb 1, 2024
follow_set_cookies -> not working!!! Open

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tomas/needle#428 · Opened Nov 12, 2023
FEATURE: Retry Open

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tomas/needle#426 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 4, 2023
needle.get cannot guaranty getting the http stream Open

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tomas/needle#425 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 27, 2023
Uncaught ECONNRESET exception Open

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tomas/needle#424 · Opened Jul 12, 2023
Digest MD5 not working with Geovision IP Camera Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

tomas/needle#423 · Opened Jul 6, 2023
Multiple Files Upload Renames Input Field Open

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tomas/needle#409 · Opened Aug 9, 2022
Piping needle request to Express response won't set the correct headers Open

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tomas/needle#408 · Opened Jul 4, 2022
Proposal: Supporting User-Defined "Follow If" Conditions Open

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tomas/needle#407 · Opened Jun 14, 2022
Tunnelling doesn't work in v3.1.0 Open

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tomas/needle#406 · 12 comments · 3 reactions · Opened May 24, 2022
Very infrequent TypeError: iconv.encodingExists is not a function Open

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tomas/needle#404 · Opened May 9, 2022
Incorrect parsing of complex JS nested objects in POST request Open

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tomas/needle#400 · 5 comments · Opened Apr 7, 2022
Issue with webpack and react-native Open

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tomas/needle#388 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 21, 2022
Add changelog or changes in the releases Open

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tomas/needle#380 · 1 comment · 5 reactions · Opened Oct 6, 2021
utf8 redirect breaks stuff Open

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tomas/needle#376 · 6 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 13, 2021
Basic Auth { username, password, auth: "basic" } is not working Open

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tomas/needle#369 · 10 comments · Opened Aug 4, 2021
Twitter API v1 stream not working with needle in Node JS (getting no data) Open

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tomas/needle#363 · 3 comments · Opened Jul 19, 2021
ELIFECYCLE error Open

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tomas/needle#359 · 3 reactions · Opened Jun 17, 2021
Is it possible to obtain the last url using await needle()? Open

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tomas/needle#358 · Opened Jun 16, 2021
Wrong euro symbol Open

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tomas/needle#352 · 3 comments · Opened May 4, 2021
Tag Latest NPM version (2.6.0) Open

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tomas/needle#349 · Opened Jan 30, 2021
Some errors can't be caught Open

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tomas/needle#347 · 3 comments · Opened Jan 29, 2021
Shouldn't we check if complete message was downloaded? Open

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tomas/needle#346 · Opened Jan 28, 2021
Issue setting cookies on POST request using needle Promise Open

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tomas/needle#343 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 23, 2021
Response's URL is empty Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

tomas/needle#342 · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 14, 2021
https through cntlm http proxy Error: connect ETIMEDOUT Open

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tomas/needle#337 · Opened Nov 19, 2020
Function takes more parameters than it should. Open

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tomas/needle#335 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 23, 2020
Use .netrc for preconfigured authentication Open

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tomas/needle#334 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 9, 2020
http agent is not used and throws Open

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tomas/needle#332 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 7, 2020
private key signing. Open

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tomas/needle#330 · Opened Aug 31, 2020
TypeError: callback is not a function Open

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tomas/needle#327 · 3 comments · 6 reactions · Opened Aug 15, 2020
Z_BUF_ERROR when requesting YouTube channel about page Open

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tomas/needle#324 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 17, 2020
http error after done is emitted Open

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tomas/needle#323 · Opened Jun 18, 2020
Error 500 for corporate proxy Open

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tomas/needle#321 · 7 comments · Opened Jun 5, 2020
open_timeout seems to be blocking Open

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tomas/needle#320 · 2 comments · Opened May 29, 2020
Multipart filename parameter is always URL encoded Open

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tomas/needle#310 · 4 comments · Opened Apr 14, 2020
Charset detection not default as utf-8 Open

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tomas/needle#306 · 10 comments · Opened Apr 8, 2020
needle streams and handling errors Open

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tomas/needle#303 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 31, 2020
query : how to handle nesting in body section of post method Open

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tomas/needle#302 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 24, 2020
HTTP2 Support Open

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tomas/needle#299 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 9, 2020
Can I pipe an `IncomingMessage` into `needle`? Open

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tomas/needle#298 · 15 comments · Opened Mar 8, 2020
Support for a global AbortController Open

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tomas/needle#297 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 6, 2020
Nginx timeout incorrectly invoking `done` Open

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tomas/needle#296 · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 6, 2020
Remove default headers Open

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tomas/needle#292 · Opened Feb 25, 2020

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