Use node-fetch over got for postinstall?

[microlinkhq]

Use node-fetch over got for postinstall?

[Kikobeats]

The main reason got is used is because it's one of the most used npm packages in the ecosystem and very actively maintained.

So fortunately at least one of your dependencies is going to install got and the cost will be 0.

what's the code size for node-fetch? asking because bundlephobia can't report the size

https://bundlephobia.com/package/node-fetch

[Hazmi35]

The main reason got is used is because it's one of the most used npm packages in the ecosystem and very actively maintained.

So fortunately at least one of your dependencies is going to install got and the cost will be 0.

If it's by download usage got stills behind node-fetch, I love got, I used it too, but node-fetch is a better option IMO.
Also @mapbox/node-pre-gyp now uses node-fetch instead of needle, plus I saw youtube-dl-exec usage increasing by discord.js bot developers where discord.js also uses node-fetch

what's the code size for node-fetch? asking because bundlephobia can't report the size

npm's reporting 75.9 kB for v3, but GNU/du is reporting 136K, unfortunately, node-fetch v3 is now pure ESM, meaning it can't be imported from commonjs directly (this is probably why bundlephobia can't report its size, probably it didn't support ESM packages, yet).

For node-fetch v2 npm's reporting 149 kB and GNU/du is reporting 172K, and this is the bundlephobia results

[Kikobeats]

Thanks for clarifying!

Can you make a PR switching from got to node-fetch@2? I will be happy to merge it 🙂

[Hazmi35]

Thanks for clarifying!

Can you make a PR switching from got to node-fetch@2? I will be happy to merge it 🙂

Ah sorry for the late response, I can but seeing #38 is already opened, then we'll use that