installation

Install nativescript-http into an existing NativeScript project

npm i nativescript-http

Usage

Core (global)

If you are using TypeScript, then add this to your app.ts file.

app.ts

declare global {
  // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
  module NodeJS {
    // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
    interface Global {
      http: HttpClient;
    }
  }
}

Add the http module globaly

app.ts

import { HttpClient } from 'nativescript-http'

global.http = new HttpClient({
  baseUrl: 'https://achrafbardan.me', // optional
  unauthenticatedCallback: (response) => { // optional
    console.log(response.content);
  },
  // When an http response code is inside this array the above function will run
  unauthenticatedStatusCodes: [201] // optional
});

Make a request

main-page-model.ts

makeRequest() {
  global.http.request({
    method: 'get',
    url: '/users',
    content: JSON.stringify({
      id: 1
    }),
    dontFollowRedirects: false,
    headers: {
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    timeout: 0
  }).then(response => {
    console.log(response.content)
  })
}