Remove dependency to Request module #271

lib/winston/transports/http.js

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 var util = require('util'),
     winston = require('../../winston'),
-    request = require('request'),
+    http = require('http'),
+    https = require('https'),
     Stream = require('stream').Stream,
     Transport = require('./transport').Transport;
 
@@ -47,20 +48,27 @@ Http.prototype._request = function (options, callback) {
   delete options.auth;
   delete options.path;
 
-  options = { json: options };
-  options.method = 'POST';
-  options.url = 'http'
-    + (this.ssl ? 's' : '')
-    + '://'
-    + (auth ? auth.username + ':' : '')
-    + (auth ? auth.password + '@' : '')
-    + this.host
-    + ':'
-    + this.port
-    + '/'
-    + path.replace(/^\//, '');
-
-  return request(options, callback);
+  // Prepare options for outgoing HTTP request
+  req = (self.ssl ? https : http).request({
+    host: this.host,
+    port: this.port,
+    path: path.replace(/^\//, ''),
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+    auth: (auth) ? auth.username + ':' + this.auth.password : ''
+  });
+
+  req.write(JSON.stringify(options));
+
+  req.end();
+
+  req.on('error', callback);
+
+  req.on('response', function (res) {
+    res.on('end', function () {
+      callback(null, res);
+    });
+  });
 };
 
 //
@@ -99,7 +107,7 @@ Http.prototype.log = function (level, msg, meta, callback) {
       delete meta.auth;
     }
   }
-  
+
   this._request(options, function (err, res, body) {
     if (res && res.statusCode !== 200) {
       err = new Error('HTTP Status Code: ' + res.statusCode);

package.json

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "cycle": "1.0.x",
     "eyes": "0.1.x",
     "pkginfo": "0.3.x",
-    "request": "2.16.x",
+    "jsonquest": "0.2.x",
     "stack-trace": "0.0.x"
   },
   "devDependencies": {