---
> The ultra-lightweight Node.js HTTP client
[Full documentation](https://ethanent.github.io/phin/) | [GitHub](https://github.com/ethanent/phin) | [NPM](https://www.npmjs.com/package/phin)
## Simple Usage
```javascript
const p = require('phin')
p('https://ethanent.me', (err, res) => {
if (!err) console.log(res.body)
})
```
## Install
```
npm install phin
```
## Why phin?
phin is **trusted** by some really important projects. The hundreds of contributors at [Less](https://github.com/less/less.js), for example, depend on phin as part of their development process.
Also, phin is super **lightweight**. Like **99.8% smaller than request** lightweight. To compare to other libraries, see [phin vs. the Competition](https://github.com/ethanent/phin/blob/master/README.md#phin-vs-the-competition).
## Quick Demos
Simple POST:
```javascript
p({
url: 'https://ethanent.me',
method: 'POST',
data: {
hey: 'hi'
}
})
```
Promisified:
```javascript
const p = require('phin').promisified
```
```javascript
;(async () => {
const res = await p({
url: 'https://ethanent.me'
})
console.log(res.body)
})()
```
Simple parsing of JSON:
```javascript
// (In async function in this case.)
const res = await p({
url: 'https://ethanent.me/name',
parse: 'json'
})
console.log(res.body.first)
```
## Documentation
See [the phin documentation](https://ethanent.github.io/phin/).
`phin` has [`util.promisify`](https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v8.x/docs/api/util.html#util_util_promisify_original) support. The promisified library can also be accessed with `require('phin').promisified`!
## phin vs. the Competition
phin is super lightweight, and *it's getting lighter all the time*.
It contains all of the common HTTP client features included in competing libraries!
Package | Size (KB) | Dependencies
(Tree Count) | Size Comparison
(vs. phin)
--- | --- | --- | ---
request | 4,446 | [53](http://npm.anvaka.com/#/view/2d/request) | 444.6x
superagent | 1,235 | [24](http://npm.anvaka.com/#/view/2d/superagent) | 123.5x
got | 664 | [44](http://npm.anvaka.com/#/view/2d/got) | 66.4x
snekfetch | 107 | [0](http://npm.anvaka.com/#/view/2d/snekfetch) | 10.7x
phin | 10 | [0](http://npm.anvaka.com/#/view/2d/phin) | 1x