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<li><span class="stability_2"><a href="#https_https">HTTPS</a></span><ul>
<li><span class="stability_undefined"><a href="#https_class_https_agent">Class: https.Agent</a></span></li>
<li><span class="stability_undefined"><a href="#https_class_https_server">Class: https.Server</a></span><ul>
<li><span class="stability_undefined"><a href="#https_server_headerstimeout">server.headersTimeout</a></span></li>
<li><span class="stability_undefined"><a href="#https_server_settimeout_msecs_callback">server.setTimeout([msecs][, callback])</a></span></li>
<li><span class="stability_undefined"><a href="#https_server_timeout_msecs">server.timeout([msecs])</a></span></li>
<li><span class="stability_undefined"><a href="#https_server_keepalivetimeout">server.keepAliveTimeout</a></span></li>
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<li><span class="stability_undefined"><a href="#https_https_createserver_options_requestlistener">https.createServer(options[, requestListener])</a></span><ul>
<li><span class="stability_undefined"><a href="#https_server_close_callback">server.close([callback])</a></span></li>
<li><span class="stability_undefined"><a href="#https_server_listen_handle_callback">server.listen(handle[, callback])</a></span></li>
<li><span class="stability_undefined"><a href="#https_server_listen_path_callback">server.listen(path[, callback])</a></span></li>
<li><span class="stability_undefined"><a href="#https_server_listen_port_host_backlog_callback">server.listen([port][, host][, backlog][, callback])</a></span></li>
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<li><span class="stability_undefined"><a href="#https_https_get_options_callback">https.get(options[, callback])</a></span></li>
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<li><span class="stability_undefined"><a href="#https_https_request_options_callback">https.request(options[, callback])</a></span></li>
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<h1>HTTPS<span><a class="mark" href="#https_https"id="https_https">#</a></span></h1>
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<div class="api_stability api_stability_2"><a href="documentation.html#documentation_stability_index">Stability: 2</a> - Stable</div><p>HTTPS is the HTTP protocol over TLS/SSL. In Node.js this is implemented as a
separate module.</p>
<h2>Class: https.Agent<span><a class="mark" href="#https_class_https_agent"id="https_class_https_agent">#</a></span></h2>
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<span>Added in: v0.4.5</span>
</div><p>An Agent object for HTTPS similar to <a href="http.html#http_class_http_agent"><code>http.Agent</code></a>. See <a href="#https_https_request_options_callback"><code>https.request()</code></a>
for more information.</p>
<h2>Class: https.Server<span><a class="mark" href="#https_class_https_server"id="https_class_https_server">#</a></span></h2>
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<span>Added in: v0.3.4</span>
</div><p>This class is a subclass of <code>tls.Server</code> and emits events same as
<a href="http.html#http_class_http_server"><code>http.Server</code></a>. See <a href="http.html#http_class_http_server"><code>http.Server</code></a> for more information.</p>
<h3>server.headersTimeout<span><a class="mark" href="#https_server_headerstimeout"id="https_server_headerstimeout">#</a></span></h3>
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<li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type" class="type"><number></a> <strong>Default:</strong> <code>40000</code></li>
</ul>
</div><p>See <a href="http.html#http_server_headerstimeout"><code>http.Server#headersTimeout</code></a>.</p>
<h3>server.setTimeout([msecs][, callback])<span><a class="mark" href="#https_server_settimeout_msecs_callback"id="https_server_settimeout_msecs_callback">#</a></span></h3>
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<span>Added in: v0.11.2</span>
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<li><code>msecs</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type" class="type"><number></a> Defaults to 120000 (2 minutes).</li>
<li><code>callback</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Function" class="type"><Function></a></li>
</ul>
<p>See <a href="http.html#http_server_settimeout_msecs_callback"><code>http.Server#setTimeout()</code></a>.</p>
<h3>server.timeout([msecs])<span><a class="mark" href="#https_server_timeout_msecs"id="https_server_timeout_msecs">#</a></span></h3>
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<span>Added in: v0.11.2</span>
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<li><code>msecs</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type" class="type"><number></a> Defaults to 120000 (2 minutes).</li>
</ul>
<p>See <a href="http.html#http_server_timeout"><code>http.Server#timeout</code></a>.</p>
<h3>server.keepAliveTimeout<span><a class="mark" href="#https_server_keepalivetimeout"id="https_server_keepalivetimeout">#</a></span></h3>
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<span>Added in: v6.17.0</span>
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<li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type" class="type"><number></a> Defaults to 5000 (5 seconds).</li>
</ul>
<p>See <a href="http.html#http_server_keepalivetimeout"><code>http.Server#keepAliveTimeout</code></a>.</p>
<h2>https.createServer(options[, requestListener])<span><a class="mark" href="#https_https_createserver_options_requestlistener"id="https_https_createserver_options_requestlistener">#</a></span></h2>
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<span>Added in: v0.3.4</span>
</div><ul>
<li><code>options</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object" class="type"><Object></a> Accepts <code>options</code> from <a href="tls.html#tls_tls_createserver_options_secureconnectionlistener"><code>tls.createServer()</code></a> and <a href="tls.html#tls_tls_createsecurecontext_options"><code>tls.createSecureContext()</code></a>.</li>
<li><code>requestListener</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Function" class="type"><Function></a> A listener to be added to the <code>request</code> event.</li>
</ul>
<p>Example:</p>
<pre><code class="lang-js">// curl -k https://localhost:8000/
const https = require('https');
const fs = require('fs');
const options = {
key: fs.readFileSync('test/fixtures/keys/agent2-key.pem'),
cert: fs.readFileSync('test/fixtures/keys/agent2-cert.pem')
};
https.createServer(options, (req, res) => {
res.writeHead(200);
res.end('hello world\n');
}).listen(8000);
</code></pre>
<p>Or</p>
<pre><code class="lang-js">const https = require('https');
const fs = require('fs');
const options = {
pfx: fs.readFileSync('test/fixtures/test_cert.pfx'),
passphrase: 'sample'
};
https.createServer(options, (req, res) => {
res.writeHead(200);
res.end('hello world\n');
}).listen(8000);
</code></pre>
<h3>server.close([callback])<span><a class="mark" href="#https_server_close_callback"id="https_server_close_callback">#</a></span></h3>
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<span>Added in: v0.1.90</span>
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<li><code>callback</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Function" class="type"><Function></a></li>
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<p>See <a href="http.html#http_server_close_callback"><code>http.close()</code></a> for details.</p>
<h3>server.listen(handle[, callback])<span><a class="mark" href="#https_server_listen_handle_callback"id="https_server_listen_handle_callback">#</a></span></h3>
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<li><code>handle</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object" class="type"><Object></a></li>
<li><code>callback</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Function" class="type"><Function></a></li>
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</div><h3>server.listen(path[, callback])<span><a class="mark" href="#https_server_listen_path_callback"id="https_server_listen_path_callback">#</a></span></h3>
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<li><code>path</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type"><string></a></li>
<li><code>callback</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Function" class="type"><Function></a></li>
</ul>
</div><h3>server.listen([port][, host][, backlog][, callback])<span><a class="mark" href="#https_server_listen_port_host_backlog_callback"id="https_server_listen_port_host_backlog_callback">#</a></span></h3>
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<li><code>port</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type" class="type"><number></a></li>
<li><code>hostname</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type"><string></a></li>
<li><code>backlog</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type" class="type"><number></a></li>
<li><code>callback</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Function" class="type"><Function></a></li>
</ul>
</div><p>See <a href="http.html#http_server_listen_port_hostname_backlog_callback"><code>http.listen()</code></a> for details.</p>
<h2>https.get(options[, callback])<span><a class="mark" href="#https_https_get_options_callback"id="https_https_get_options_callback">#</a></span></h2>
<div class="api_metadata">
<span>Added in: v0.3.6</span>
</div><ul>
<li><code>options</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object" class="type"><Object></a> | <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type"><string></a> Accepts the same <code>options</code> as
<a href="#https_https_request_options_callback"><code>https.request()</code></a>, with the <code>method</code> always set to <code>GET</code>.</li>
<li><code>callback</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Function" class="type"><Function></a></li>
</ul>
<p>Like <a href="http.html#http_http_get_options_callback"><code>http.get()</code></a> but for HTTPS.</p>
<p><code>options</code> can be an object or a string. If <code>options</code> is a string, it is
automatically parsed with <a href="url.html#url_url_parse_urlstring_parsequerystring_slashesdenotehost"><code>url.parse()</code></a>.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<pre><code class="lang-js">const https = require('https');
https.get('https://encrypted.google.com/', (res) => {
console.log('statusCode:', res.statusCode);
console.log('headers:', res.headers);
res.on('data', (d) => {
process.stdout.write(d);
});
}).on('error', (e) => {
console.error(e);
});
</code></pre>
<h2>https.globalAgent<span><a class="mark" href="#https_https_globalagent"id="https_https_globalagent">#</a></span></h2>
<div class="api_metadata">
<span>Added in: v0.5.9</span>
</div><p>Global instance of <a href="#https_class_https_agent"><code>https.Agent</code></a> for all HTTPS client requests.</p>
<h2>https.request(options[, callback])<span><a class="mark" href="#https_https_request_options_callback"id="https_https_request_options_callback">#</a></span></h2>
<div class="api_metadata">
<span>Added in: v0.3.6</span>
</div><ul>
<li><code>options</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object" class="type"><Object></a> | <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type"><string></a> Accepts all <code>options</code> from <a href="http.html#http_http_request_options_callback"><code>http.request()</code></a>,
with some differences in default values:<ul>
<li><code>protocol</code> Defaults to <code>https:</code></li>
<li><code>port</code> Defaults to <code>443</code>.</li>
<li><code>agent</code> Defaults to <code>https.globalAgent</code>.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><code>callback</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Function" class="type"><Function></a></li>
</ul>
<p>Makes a request to a secure web server.</p>
<p>The following additional <code>options</code> from <a href="tls.html#tls_tls_connect_options_callback"><code>tls.connect()</code></a> are also accepted when using a
custom <a href="#https_class_https_agent"><code>Agent</code></a>:
<code>pfx</code>, <code>key</code>, <code>passphrase</code>, <code>cert</code>, <code>ca</code>, <code>ciphers</code>, <code>rejectUnauthorized</code>, <code>secureProtocol</code>, <code>servername</code></p>
<p><code>options</code> can be an object or a string. If <code>options</code> is a string, it is
automatically parsed with <a href="url.html#url_url_parse_urlstring_parsequerystring_slashesdenotehost"><code>url.parse()</code></a>.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<pre><code class="lang-js">const https = require('https');
const options = {
hostname: 'encrypted.google.com',
port: 443,
path: '/',
method: 'GET'
};
const req = https.request(options, (res) => {
console.log('statusCode:', res.statusCode);
console.log('headers:', res.headers);
res.on('data', (d) => {
process.stdout.write(d);
});
});
req.on('error', (e) => {
console.error(e);
});
req.end();
</code></pre>
<p>Example using options from <a href="tls.html#tls_tls_connect_options_callback"><code>tls.connect()</code></a>:</p>
<pre><code class="lang-js">const options = {
hostname: 'encrypted.google.com',
port: 443,
path: '/',
method: 'GET',
key: fs.readFileSync('test/fixtures/keys/agent2-key.pem'),
cert: fs.readFileSync('test/fixtures/keys/agent2-cert.pem')
};
options.agent = new https.Agent(options);
const req = https.request(options, (res) => {
// ...
});
</code></pre>
<p>Alternatively, opt out of connection pooling by not using an <code>Agent</code>.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<pre><code class="lang-js">const options = {
hostname: 'encrypted.google.com',
port: 443,
path: '/',
method: 'GET',
key: fs.readFileSync('test/fixtures/keys/agent2-key.pem'),
cert: fs.readFileSync('test/fixtures/keys/agent2-cert.pem'),
agent: false
};
const req = https.request(options, (res) => {
// ...
});
</code></pre>
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