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		jbergknoff on Feb 11, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Kill Your Dependencies Yes, the npm "request" module is extremely bloated and badly written, to boot. https://www.npmjs.com/package/needle is a good alternative.

voltagex_ on Feb 12, 2016 | [–]

Can you elaborate? How do I know Needle is any better?

peruvian on Feb 12, 2016 | [–]

Why not just use node-fetch? It's tiny.

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