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AgentOptions - http - Node documentation
interface AgentOptions
extends Partial<TcpSocketConnectOpts>

Usage in Deno

import { type AgentOptions } from "node:http";

Properties

optional
keepAlive: boolean | undefined

Keep sockets around in a pool to be used by other requests in the future. Default = false

optional
keepAliveMsecs: number | undefined

When using HTTP KeepAlive, how often to send TCP KeepAlive packets over sockets being kept alive. Default = 1000. Only relevant if keepAlive is set to true.

optional
maxSockets: number | undefined

Maximum number of sockets to allow per host. Default for Node 0.10 is 5, default for Node 0.12 is Infinity

optional
maxTotalSockets: number | undefined

Maximum number of sockets allowed for all hosts in total. Each request will use a new socket until the maximum is reached. Default: Infinity.

optional
maxFreeSockets: number | undefined

Maximum number of sockets to leave open in a free state. Only relevant if keepAlive is set to true. Default = 256.

optional
timeout: number | undefined

Socket timeout in milliseconds. This will set the timeout after the socket is connected.

optional
scheduling:
"fifo"
| "lifo"
| undefined

Scheduling strategy to apply when picking the next free socket to use.