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package/node_modules/needle/lib/needle.js

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+//////////////////////////////////////////
+// Needle -- HTTP Client for Node.js
+// Written by Tomás Pollak <tomas@forkhq.com>
+// (c) 2012-2017 - Fork Ltd.
+// MIT Licensed
+//////////////////////////////////////////
+
+var fs          = require('fs'),
+    http        = require('http'),
+    https       = require('https'),
+    url         = require('url'),
+    stream      = require('stream'),
+    debug       = require('debug')('needle'),
+    stringify   = require('./querystring').build,
+    multipart   = require('./multipart'),
+    auth        = require('./auth'),
+    cookies     = require('./cookies'),
+    parsers     = require('./parsers'),
+    decoder     = require('./decoder');
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////
+// variabilia
+
+var version     = require('../package.json').version;
+
+var user_agent  = 'Needle/' + version;
+user_agent     += ' (Node.js ' + process.version + '; ' + process.platform + ' ' + process.arch + ')';
+
+var tls_options = 'agent pfx key passphrase cert ca ciphers rejectUnauthorized secureProtocol checkServerIdentity';
+
+// older versions of node (< 0.11.4) prevent the runtime from exiting
+// because of connections in keep-alive state. so if this is the case
+// we'll default new requests to set a Connection: close header.
+var close_by_default = !http.Agent || http.Agent.defaultMaxSockets != Infinity;
+
+// see if we have Object.assign. otherwise fall back to util._extend
+var extend = Object.assign ? Object.assign : require('util')._extend;
+
+// these are the status codes that Needle interprets as redirects.
+var redirect_codes = [301, 302, 303, 307];
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////
+// decompressors for gzip/deflate bodies
+
+var decompressors = {};
+
+try {
+
+  var zlib = require('zlib');
+  decompressors['x-deflate'] = zlib.Inflate;
+  decompressors['deflate']   = zlib.Inflate;
+  decompressors['x-gzip']    = zlib.Gunzip;
+  decompressors['gzip']      = zlib.Gunzip;
+
+  // Enable Z_SYNC_FLUSH to avoid Z_BUF_ERROR errors (Node PR #2595)
+  var zlib_options = {
+    flush: zlib.Z_SYNC_FLUSH,
+    finishFlush: zlib.Z_SYNC_FLUSH
+  }
+
+} catch(e) { /* zlib not available */ }
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////
+// options and aliases
+
+var defaults = {
+  // data
+  boundary                : '--------------------NODENEEDLEHTTPCLIENT',
+  encoding                : 'utf8',
+  parse_response          : 'all', // same as true. valid options: 'json', 'xml' or false/null
+  proxy                   : null,
+
+  // headers
+  accept                  : '*/*',
+  user_agent              : user_agent,
+
+  // numbers
+  open_timeout            : 10000,
+  response_timeout        : 0,
+  read_timeout            : 0,
+  follow_max              : 0,
+  stream_length           : -1,
+
+  // booleans
+  decode_response         : true,
+  parse_cookies           : true,
+  follow_set_cookies      : false,
+  follow_set_referer      : false,
+  follow_keep_method      : false,
+  follow_if_same_host     : false,
+  follow_if_same_protocol : false
+}
+
+var aliased = {
+  options: {
+    decode  : 'decode_response',
+    parse   : 'parse_response',
+    timeout : 'open_timeout',
+    follow  : 'follow_max'
+  },
+  inverted: {}
+}
+
+// only once, invert aliased keys so we can get passed options.
+Object.keys(aliased.options).map(function(k) {
+  var value = aliased.options[k];
+  aliased.inverted[value] = k;
+});
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////
+// helpers
+
+function keys_by_type(type) {
+  return Object.keys(defaults).map(function(el) {
+    if (defaults[el] !== null && defaults[el].constructor == type)
+      return el;
+  }).filter(function(el) { return el })
+}
+
+function parse_content_type(header) {
+  if (!header || header === '') return {};
+
+  var found, charset = 'iso-8859-1', arr = header.split(';');
+
+  if (arr.length > 1 && (found = arr[1].match(/charset=(.+)/)))
+    charset = found[1];
+
+  return { type: arr[0], charset: charset };
+}
+
+function is_stream(obj) {
+  return typeof obj.pipe === 'function';
+}
+
+function get_stream_length(stream, given_length, cb) {
+  if (given_length > 0)
+    return cb(given_length);
+
+  if (stream.end !== void 0 && stream.end !== Infinity && stream.start !== void 0)
+    return cb((stream.end + 1) - (stream.start || 0));
+
+  fs.stat(stream.path, function(err, stat) {
+    cb(stat ? stat.size - (stream.start || 0) : null);
+  });
+}
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////
+// the main act
+
+function Needle(method, uri, data, options, callback) {
+  // if (!(this instanceof Needle)) {
+  //   return new Needle(method, uri, data, options, callback);
+  // }
+
+  if (typeof uri !== 'string')
+    throw new TypeError('URL must be a string, not ' + uri);
+
+  this.method   = method;
+  this.uri      = uri;
+  this.data     = data;
+
+  if (typeof options == 'function') {
+    this.callback = options;
+    this.options  = {};
+  } else {
+    this.callback = callback;
+    this.options  = options;
+  }
+
+}
+
+Needle.prototype.setup = function(uri, options) {
+
+  function get_option(key, fallback) {
+    // if original is in options, return that value
+    if (typeof options[key] != 'undefined') return options[key];
+
+    // otherwise, return value from alias or fallback/undefined
+    return typeof options[aliased.inverted[key]] != 'undefined'
+                ? options[aliased.inverted[key]] : fallback;
+  }
+
+  function check_value(expected, key) {
+    var value = get_option(key),
+        type  = typeof value;
+
+    if (type != 'undefined' && type != expected)
+      throw new TypeError(type + ' received for ' + key + ', but expected a ' + expected);
+
+    return (type == expected) ? value : defaults[key];
+  }
+
+  //////////////////////////////////////////////////
+  // the basics
+
+  var config = {
+    http_opts : {}, // passed later to http.request() directly
+    output    : options.output,
+    proxy     : get_option('proxy', defaults.proxy),
+    parser    : get_option('parse_response', defaults.parse_response),
+    encoding  : options.encoding || (options.multipart ? 'binary' : defaults.encoding)
+  }
+
+  keys_by_type(Boolean).forEach(function(key) {
+    config[key] = check_value('boolean', key);
+  })
+
+  keys_by_type(Number).forEach(function(key) {
+    config[key] = check_value('number', key);
+  })
+
+  // populate http_opts with given TLS options
+  tls_options.split(' ').forEach(function(key) {
+    if (typeof options[key] != 'undefined') {
+      config.http_opts[key] = options[key];
+      if (typeof options.agent == 'undefined')
+        config.http_opts.agent = false; // otherwise tls options are skipped
+    }
+  });
+
+  //////////////////////////////////////////////////
+  // headers, cookies
+
+  config.headers = {
+    'accept'     : options.accept     || defaults.accept,
+    'user-agent' : options.user_agent || defaults.user_agent
+  }
+
+  if (options.content_type)
+    config.headers['content-type'] = options.content_type;
+
+  // set connection header if opts.connection was passed, or if node < 0.11.4 (close)
+  if (options.connection || close_by_default)
+    config.headers['connection'] = options.connection || 'close';
+
+  if ((options.compressed || defaults.compressed) && typeof zlib != 'undefined')
+    config.headers['accept-encoding'] = 'gzip,deflate';
+
+  if (options.cookies)
+    config.headers['cookie'] = cookies.write(options.cookies);
+
+  //////////////////////////////////////////////////
+  // basic/digest auth
+
+  if (uri.match(/[^\/]@/)) { // url contains user:pass@host, so parse it.
+    var parts = (url.parse(uri).auth || '').split(':');
+    options.username = parts[0];
+    options.password = parts[1];
+  }
+
+  if (options.username) {
+    if (options.auth && (options.auth == 'auto' || options.auth == 'digest')) {
+      config.credentials = [options.username, options.password];
+    } else {
+      config.headers['authorization'] = auth.basic(options.username, options.password);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // if proxy is present, set auth header from either url or proxy_user option.
+  if (config.proxy) {
+    if (config.proxy.indexOf('http') === -1)
+      config.proxy = 'http://' + config.proxy;
+
+    if (config.proxy.indexOf('@') !== -1) {
+      var proxy = (url.parse(config.proxy).auth || '').split(':');
+      options.proxy_user = proxy[0];
+      options.proxy_pass = proxy[1];
+    }
+
+    if (options.proxy_user)
+      config.headers['proxy-authorization'] = auth.basic(options.proxy_user, options.proxy_pass);
+  }
+
+  // now that all our headers are set, overwrite them if instructed.
+  for (var h in options.headers)
+    config.headers[h.toLowerCase()] = options.headers[h];
+
+  return config;
+}
+
+Needle.prototype.start = function() {
+
+  var out      = new stream.PassThrough({ objectMode: false }),
+      uri      = this.uri,
+      data     = this.data,
+      method   = this.method,
+      callback = (typeof this.options == 'function') ? this.options : this.callback,
+      options  = this.options || {};
+
+  // if no 'http' is found on URL, prepend it.
+  if (uri.indexOf('http') === -1)
+    uri = uri.replace(/^(\/\/)?/, 'http://');
+
+  var self = this, body, waiting = false, config = this.setup(uri, options);
+
+  // unless options.json was set to false, assume boss also wants JSON if content-type matches.
+  var json = options.json || (options.json !== false && config.headers['content-type'] == 'application/json');
+
+  if (data) {
+
+    if (options.multipart) { // boss says we do multipart. so we do it.
+      var boundary = options.boundary || defaults.boundary;
+
+      waiting = true;
+      multipart.build(data, boundary, function(err, parts) {
+        if (err) throw(err);
+
+        config.headers['content-type'] = 'multipart/form-data; boundary=' + boundary;
+        next(parts);
+      });
+
+    } else if (is_stream(data)) {
+
+      if (method.toUpperCase() == 'GET')
+        throw new Error('Refusing to pipe() a stream via GET. Did you mean .post?');
+
+      if (config.stream_length > 0 || (config.stream_length === 0 && data.path)) {
+        // ok, let's get the stream's length and set it as the content-length header.
+        // this prevents some servers from cutting us off before all the data is sent.
+        waiting = true;
+        get_stream_length(data, config.stream_length, function(length) {
+          data.length = length;
+          next(data);
+        })
+
+      } else {
+        // if the boss doesn't want us to get the stream's length, or if it doesn't
+        // have a file descriptor for that purpose, then just head on.
+        body = data;
+      }
+
+    } else if (Buffer.isBuffer(data)) {
+
+      body = data; // use the raw buffer as request body.
+
+    } else if (method.toUpperCase() == 'GET' && !json) {
+
+      // append the data to the URI as a querystring.
+      uri = uri.replace(/\?.*|$/, '?' + stringify(data));
+
+    } else { // string or object data, no multipart.
+
+      // if string, leave it as it is, otherwise, stringify.
+      body = (typeof(data) === 'string') ? data
+             : json ? JSON.stringify(data) : stringify(data);
+
+      // ensure we have a buffer so bytecount is correct.
+      body = new Buffer(body, config.encoding);
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  function next(body) {
+    if (body) {
+      if (body.length) config.headers['content-length'] = body.length;
+
+      // if no content-type was passed, determine if json or not.
+      if (!config.headers['content-type']) {
+        config.headers['content-type'] = json
+        ? 'application/json; charset=utf-8'
+        : 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'; // no charset says W3 spec.
+      }
+    }
+
+    // unless a specific accept header was set, assume json: true wants JSON back.
+    if (options.json && (!options.accept && !(options.headers || {}).accept))
+      config.headers['accept'] = 'application/json';
+
+    self.send_request(1, method, uri, config, body, out, callback);
+  }
+
+  if (!waiting) next(body);
+  return out;
+}
+
+Needle.prototype.get_request_opts = function(method, uri, config) {
+  var opts      = config.http_opts,
+      proxy     = config.proxy,
+      remote    = proxy ? url.parse(proxy) : url.parse(uri);
+
+  opts.protocol = remote.protocol;
+  opts.host     = remote.hostname;
+  opts.port     = remote.port || (remote.protocol == 'https:' ? 443 : 80);
+  opts.path     = proxy ? uri : remote.pathname + (remote.search || '');
+  opts.method   = method;
+  opts.headers  = config.headers;
+
+  if (!opts.headers['host']) {
+    // if using proxy, make sure the host header shows the final destination
+    var target = proxy ? url.parse(uri) : remote;
+    opts.headers['host'] = target.hostname;
+
+    // and if a non standard port was passed, append it to the port header
+    if (target.port && [80, 443].indexOf(target.port) === -1) {
+      opts.headers['host'] += ':' + target.port;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return opts;
+}
+
+Needle.prototype.should_follow = function(location, config, original) {
+  if (!location) return false;
+
+  // returns true if location contains matching property (host or protocol)
+  function matches(property) {
+    var property = original[property];
+    return location.indexOf(property) !== -1;
+  }
+
+  // first, check whether the requested location is actually different from the original
+  if (location === original)
+    return false;
+
+  if (config.follow_if_same_host && !matches('host'))
+    return false; // host does not match, so not following
+
+  if (config.follow_if_same_protocol && !matches('protocol'))
+    return false; // procotol does not match, so not following
+
+  return true;
+}
+
+Needle.prototype.send_request = function(count, method, uri, config, post_data, out, callback) {
+
+  var timer,
+      returned     = 0,
+      self         = this,
+      request_opts = this.get_request_opts(method, uri, config),
+      protocol     = request_opts.protocol == 'https:' ? https : http;
+
+  function done(err, resp) {
+    if (returned++ > 0)
+      return debug('Already finished, stopping here.');
+
+    if (timer) clearTimeout(timer);
+    request.removeListener('error', had_error);
+
+    if (callback)
+      return callback(err, resp, resp ? resp.body : undefined);
+
+    // NOTE: this event used to be called 'end', but the behaviour was confusing
+    // when errors ocurred, because the stream would still emit an 'end' event.
+    out.emit('done', err);
+  }
+
+  function had_error(err) {
+    debug('Request error', err);
+    out.emit('err', err);
+    done(err || new Error('Unknown error when making request.'));
+  }
+
+  function set_timeout(type, milisecs) {
+    if (timer) clearTimeout(timer);
+    if (milisecs <= 0) return;
+
+    timer = setTimeout(function() {
+      out.emit('timeout', type);
+      request.abort();
+      // also invoke done() to terminate job on read_timeout
+      if (type == 'read') done(new Error(type + ' timeout'));
+    }, milisecs);
+  }
+
+  // handle errors on the underlying socket, that may be closed while writing
+  // for an example case, see test/long_string_spec.js. we make sure this
+  // scenario ocurred by verifying the socket's writable & destroyed states.
+  function on_socket_end() {
+    if (!this.writable && this.destroyed === false) {
+      this.destroy();
+      had_error(new Error('Remote end closed socket abruptly.'))
+    }
+  }
+
+  debug('Making request #' + count, request_opts);
+  var request = protocol.request(request_opts, function(resp) {
+
+    var headers = resp.headers;
+    debug('Got response', resp.statusCode, headers);
+    out.emit('response', resp);
+
+    set_timeout('read', config.read_timeout);
+
+    // if we got cookies, parse them unless we were instructed not to. make sure to include any
+    // cookies that might have been set on previous redirects.
+    if (config.parse_cookies && (headers['set-cookie'] || config.stored_cookies)) {
+      resp.cookies = extend(config.stored_cookies || {}, cookies.read(headers['set-cookie']));
+      debug('Got cookies', resp.cookies);
+    }
+
+    // if redirect code is found, determine if we should follow it according to the given options.
+    if (redirect_codes.indexOf(resp.statusCode) !== -1 && self.should_follow(headers.location, config, uri)) {
+      // clear timer before following redirects to prevent unexpected setTimeout consequence
+      clearTimeout(timer);
+
+      if (count <= config.follow_max) {
+        out.emit('redirect', headers.location);
+
+        // unless 'follow_keep_method' is true, rewrite the request to GET before continuing.
+        if (!config.follow_keep_method) {
+          method    = 'GET';
+          post_data = null;
+          delete config.headers['content-length']; // in case the original was a multipart POST request.
+        }
+
+        // if follow_set_cookies is true, make sure to put any cookies in the next request's headers.
+        if (config.follow_set_cookies && resp.cookies) {
+          config.stored_cookies    = resp.cookies;
+          config.headers['cookie'] = cookies.write(resp.cookies);
+        }
+
+        if (config.follow_set_referer)
+          config.headers['referer'] = encodeURI(uri); // the original, not the destination URL.
+
+        config.headers['host'] = null; // clear previous Host header to avoid conflicts.
+
+        debug('Redirecting to ' + url.resolve(uri, headers.location));
+        return self.send_request(++count, method, url.resolve(uri, headers.location), config, post_data, out, callback);
+      } else if (config.follow_max > 0) {
+        return done(new Error('Max redirects reached. Possible loop in: ' + headers.location));
+      }
+    }
+
+    // if auth is requested and credentials were not passed, resend request, provided we have user/pass.
+    if (resp.statusCode == 401 && headers['www-authenticate'] && config.credentials) {
+      if (!config.headers['authorization']) { // only if authentication hasn't been sent
+        var auth_header = auth.header(headers['www-authenticate'], config.credentials, request_opts);
+
+        if (auth_header) {
+          config.headers['authorization'] = auth_header;
+          return self.send_request(count, method, uri, config, post_data, out, callback);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    // ok, so we got a valid (non-redirect & authorized) response. let's notify the stream guys.
+    out.emit('header', resp.statusCode, headers);
+    out.emit('headers', headers);
+
+    var pipeline      = [],
+        mime          = parse_content_type(headers['content-type']),
+        text_response = mime.type && mime.type.indexOf('text/') != -1;
+
+    // To start, if our body is compressed and we're able to inflate it, do it.
+    if (headers['content-encoding'] && decompressors[headers['content-encoding']]) {
+
+      var decompressor = decompressors[headers['content-encoding']](zlib_options);
+
+      // make sure we catch errors triggered by the decompressor.
+      decompressor.on('error', had_error);
+      pipeline.push(decompressor);
+    }
+
+    // If parse is enabled and we have a parser for it, then go for it.
+    if (config.parser && parsers[mime.type]) {
+
+      // If a specific parser was requested, make sure we don't parse other types.
+      var parser_name = config.parser.toString().toLowerCase();
+      if (['xml', 'json'].indexOf(parser_name) == -1 || parsers[mime.type].name == parser_name) {
+
+        // OK, so either we're parsing all content types or the one requested matches.
+        out.parser = parsers[mime.type].name;
+        pipeline.push(parsers[mime.type].fn());
+
+        // Set objectMode on out stream to improve performance.
+        out._writableState.objectMode = true;
+        out._readableState.objectMode = true;
+      }
+
+    // If we're not parsing, and unless decoding was disabled, we'll try
+    // decoding non UTF-8 bodies to UTF-8, using the iconv-lite library.
+    } else if (text_response && config.decode_response
+      && mime.charset && !mime.charset.match(/utf-?8$/i)) {
+        pipeline.push(decoder(mime.charset));
+    }
+
+    // And `out` is the stream we finally push the decoded/parsed output to.
+    pipeline.push(out);
+
+    // Now, release the kraken!
+    var tmp = resp;
+    while (pipeline.length) {
+      tmp = tmp.pipe(pipeline.shift());
+    }
+
+    // If the user has requested and output file, pipe the output stream to it.
+    // In stream mode, we will still get the response stream to play with.
+    if (config.output && resp.statusCode == 200) {
+
+      // for some reason, simply piping resp to the writable stream doesn't
+      // work all the time (stream gets cut in the middle with no warning).
+      // so we'll manually need to do the readable/write(chunk) trick.
+      var file = fs.createWriteStream(config.output);
+      file.on('error', had_error);
+
+      out.on('end', function() {
+        if (file.writable) file.end();
+      });
+
+      file.on('close', function() {
+        delete out.file;
+      })
+
+      out.on('readable', function() {
+        var chunk;
+        while ((chunk = this.read()) !== null) {
+          if (file.writable) file.write(chunk);
+
+          // if callback was requested, also push it to resp.body
+          if (resp.body) resp.body.push(chunk);
+        }
+      })
+
+      out.file = file;
+    }
+
+    // Only aggregate the full body if a callback was requested.
+    if (callback) {
+      resp.raw   = [];
+      resp.body  = [];
+      resp.bytes = 0;
+
+      // Gather and count the amount of (raw) bytes using a PassThrough stream.
+      var clean_pipe = new stream.PassThrough();
+      resp.pipe(clean_pipe);
+
+      clean_pipe.on('readable', function() {
+        var chunk;
+        while ((chunk = this.read()) != null) {
+          resp.bytes += chunk.length;
+          resp.raw.push(chunk);
+        }
+      })
+
+      // Listen on the 'readable' event to aggregate the chunks, but only if
+      // file output wasn't requested. Otherwise we'd have two stream readers.
+      if (!config.output || resp.statusCode != 200) {
+        out.on('readable', function() {
+          var chunk;
+          while ((chunk = this.read()) !== null) {
+            // We're either pushing buffers or objects, never strings.
+            if (typeof chunk == 'string') chunk = new Buffer(chunk);
+
+            // Push all chunks to resp.body. We'll bind them in resp.end().
+            resp.body.push(chunk);
+          }
+        })
+      }
+    }
+
+    // And set the .body property once all data is in.
+    out.on('end', function() {
+      if (resp.body) { // callback mode
+
+        // we want to be able to access to the raw data later, so keep a reference.
+        resp.raw = Buffer.concat(resp.raw);
+
+        // if parse was successful, we should have an array with one object
+        if (resp.body[0] !== undefined && !Buffer.isBuffer(resp.body[0])) {
+
+          // that's our body right there.
+          resp.body = resp.body[0];
+
+          // set the parser property on our response. we may want to check.
+          if (out.parser) resp.parser = out.parser;
+
+        } else { // we got one or several buffers. string or binary.
+          resp.body = Buffer.concat(resp.body);
+
+          // if we're here and parsed is true, it means we tried to but it didn't work.
+          // so given that we got a text response, let's stringify it.
+          if (text_response || out.parser) {
+            resp.body = resp.body.toString();
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      // if an output file is being written to, make sure the callback
+      // is triggered after all data has been written to it.
+      if (out.file) {
+        out.file.on('close', function() {
+          done(null, resp, resp.body);
+        })
+      } else { // elvis has left the building.
+        done(null, resp, resp.body);
+      }
+
+    });
+
+  }); // end request call
+
+  // unless open_timeout was disabled, set a timeout to abort the request.
+  set_timeout('open', config.open_timeout);
+
+  // handle errors on the request object. things might get bumpy.
+  request.on('error', had_error);
+
+  // handle socket 'end' event to ensure we don't get delayed EPIPE errors.
+  request.once('socket', function(socket) {
+    socket.once('connect', function() {
+      set_timeout('response', config.response_timeout);
+    })
+
+    if (!socket.on_socket_end) {
+      socket.on_socket_end = on_socket_end;
+      socket.on('end', socket.on_socket_end);
+    }
+  })
+
+  if (post_data) {
+    if (is_stream(post_data)) {
+      post_data.pipe(request);
+    } else {
+      request.write(post_data, config.encoding);
+      request.end();
+    }
+  } else {
+    request.end();
+  }
+
+  out.request = request;
+  return out;
+}
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////
+// exports
+
+if (typeof Promise !== 'undefined') {
+  module.exports = function() {
+    var verb, args = [].slice.call(arguments);
+
+    if (args[0].match(/\.|\//)) // first argument looks like a URL
+      verb = (args.length > 2) ? 'post' : 'get';
+    else
+      verb = args.shift();
+
+    if (verb.match(/get|head/) && args.length == 2)
+      args.splice(1, 0, null); // assume no data if head/get with two args (url, options)
+
+    return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
+      module.exports.request(verb, args[0], args[1], args[2], function(err, resp) {
+        return err ? reject(err) : resolve(resp);
+      });
+    })
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports.version = version;
+
+module.exports.defaults = function(obj) {
+  for (var key in obj) {
+    var target_key = aliased.options[key] || key;
+
+    if (defaults.hasOwnProperty(target_key) && typeof obj[key] != 'undefined') {
+      if (target_key != 'parse_response' && target_key != 'proxy') {
+        // ensure type matches the original, except for proxy/parse_response that can be null/bool or string
+        var valid_type = defaults[target_key].constructor.name;
+
+        if (obj[key].constructor.name != valid_type)
+          throw new TypeError('Invalid type for ' + key + ', should be ' + valid_type);
+      }
+      defaults[target_key] = obj[key];
+    }
+  }
+
+  return defaults;
+}
+
+'head get'.split(' ').forEach(function(method) {
+  module.exports[method] = function(uri, options, callback) {
+    return new Needle(method, uri, null, options, callback).start();
+  }
+})
+
+'post put patch delete'.split(' ').forEach(function(method) {
+  module.exports[method] = function(uri, data, options, callback) {
+    return new Needle(method, uri, data, options, callback).start();
+  }
+})
+
+module.exports.request = function(method, uri, data, opts, callback) {
+  return new Needle(method, uri, data, opts, callback).start();
+};