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Good default configuration for axios in node.js
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axios-instance-config.js
const axios = require('axios');
const http = require('http');
const https = require('https');
module.exports = axios.create({
//60 sec timeout
timeout: 60000,
//keepAlive pools and reuses TCP connections, so it's faster
httpAgent: new http.Agent({ keepAlive: true }),
httpsAgent: new https.Agent({ keepAlive: true }),
//follow up to 10 HTTP 3xx redirects
maxRedirects: 10,
//cap the maximum content length we'll accept to 50MBs, just in case
maxContentLength: 50 * 1000 * 1000
});
//optionally add interceptors here...
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oderayi commented Apr 30, 2019

Thank you!

These
... httpAgent: new http.Agent({ keepAlive: true }), httpsAgent: new https.Agent({ keepAlive: true }), ...

fixed the weird HPE_INVALID_CHUNK_SIZE error when talking to a proxied API server that was not properly set up.

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squalvj commented Nov 25, 2019

Hi, i would like to ask,
is this for NODE.JS server ? or i also can apply this method in react app ?

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ccnokes commented Nov 25, 2019

Hi, i would like to ask,
is this for NODE.JS server ? or i also can apply this method in react app ?

This is for node.js only.

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Hi, i would like to ask,
is this for NODE.JS server ? or i also can apply this method in react app ?

@squalvj: Did you ever find a solution for react app? If you could kindly share your solution, would be greatly appreciated!

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Author's small explanation: https://medium.com/@ccnokes/one-con-i-discovered-about-axios-recently-is-that-it-doesnt-have-the-best-default-configuration-e6e3a8cba6fa

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Thank you @ccnokes and @supertong - solved some very frustrating issues thanks to your comments!

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