npm request package has been deprecated

[tk3fftk]

What happened:
https://www.npmjs.com/package/request

request has been deprecated, see request/request#3142

What you expected to happen:
We need alternative package.

Reference: request/request#3143

[tkyi]

I think this package is created by the same person as the new alternative: https://github.com/mikeal/bent
Might be an easier transition?

[tk3fftk]

I think this package is created by the same person as the new alternative: https://github.com/mikeal/bent

It looks nice. My concern is it a little outdated (last commit is 9 months ago)

axios/axios is looks popular alternative but the version is still under 1.0.0 so there are possibility of breaking changes.
I take a glanced at sindresorhus/got, it provides migration guide from request.
https://github.com/sindresorhus/got/blob/main/documentation/migration-guides.md

nodejs/undici is looks also a candidate of the alternative. It's provided for Node.js by Node.js's commiters.

[adong]

Just a thought: rather than just swapping the request library, can we use this opportunity to have a thin layer build on top of the yet-to-choose library? In that case, we could just swap the code underneath it and leave the high-level code untouched, in case we need to do it again a few years down the road. 🤔