# request

Use the built-in callback-style HTTP adapter.

```js
request(input, options?, callback)
```

## Arguments

| Argument | Type | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `input` | string \| object | URL string or options object. |
| `options` | object | Optional url/uri, method, headers, string body, json, form, qs and timeout (milliseconds). |
| `callback` | function | (error, response, body). Response has statusCode, lowercase headers, body and url. |

## Returns

Request handle with abort(). Errors may also throw before submission.

## Example

```js
const request = require("request");
request("https://example.com", {timeout: 5000}, (error, response, body) => {
  if (error) throw error;
  if (response.statusCode >= 400) throw new Error("HTTP " + response.statusCode);
  console.log(body);
});
```

## Notes

This is an ApplesauceOS adapter. json:true parses a JSON response and can serialize an object body; form and qs accept scalar values. No streams, multipart, proxy or cookie-jar support. Also available as require("applesauceos/http").request. request.implementation identifies the built-in adapter; it is metadata, not an executable function.

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