Shouldn't we check if complete message was downloaded?
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Description
This doc describes that complete property can be used to check if entire message was downloaded: https://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_message_complete
Won't this check be helpful especially when transfer-encoding: chunked is used by server?
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Start with the Node.js http.IncomingMessage documentation linked in the issue, focusing on the complete property and chunked transfer encoding. Trace how Needle handles downloaded HTTP messages, then establish whether incomplete messages are detected and what test should demonstrate the expected behavior.
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- Tech stack
- javascript, node.js
- Domain
- api
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
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- Stale
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- Needs clarification
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- 35/100