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You may think it's too hard to switch, but it's really not. 🦄

Node.js

Let's make a simple request. With Node.js, this is:

import http from 'node:http';

const request = http.request('https://httpbin.org/anything', response => {
	if (response.statusCode >= 400) {
		request.destroy(new Error());
		return;
	}

	const chunks = [];

	response.on('data', chunk => {
		chunks.push(chunk);
	});

	response.once('end', () => {
		const buffer = Buffer.concat(chunks);

		if (response.statusCode >= 400) {
			const error = new Error(`Unsuccessful response: ${response.statusCode}`);
			error.body = buffer.toString();
			return;
		}

		const text = buffer.toString();

		console.log(text);
	});

	response.once('error', console.error);
});

request.once('error', console.error);
request.end();

With Got, this becomes:

import got from 'got';

try {
	const {body} = await got('https://httpbin.org/anything');
	console.log(body);
} catch (error) {
	console.error(error);
}

Much cleaner. But what about streams?

import http from 'node:http';
import fs from 'node:fs';

const source = fs.createReadStream('article.txt');

const request = http.request('https://httpbin.org/anything', {
	method: 'POST'
}, response => {
	response.pipe(fs.createWriteStream('httpbin.txt'));
});

source.pipe(request);

Well, it's easy as that:

import got from 'got';
import {pipeline as streamPipeline} from 'node:stream/promises';
import fs from 'node:fs';

await streamPipeline(
	fs.createReadStream('article.txt'),
	got.stream.post('https://httpbin.org/anything'),
	fs.createWriteStream('httpbin.txt')
);

The advantage is that Got also handles errors automatically, so you don't have to create custom listeners.

Furthermore, Got supports redirects, compression, advanced timeouts, cache, pagination, cookies, hooks, and more!

What next?

Unfortunately Got options differ too much from the Node.js options. It's not possible to provide a brief summary.
Don't worry, you will learn them fast - they are easy to understand! Every option has an example attached.

Take a look at the documentation. It's worth the time to read it.
There are some great tips.

If something is unclear or doesn't work as it should, don't hesitate to open an issue.