Compare performance of Axios vs. SuperAgent when running under Node.js

axios-vs-superagent-vs-got.js

const Benchmark = require('benchmark');
const axios = require('axios');
const got = require('got');
const superagent = require('superagent');

const suite = new Benchmark.Suite();

const targetUrl = 'http://httpbin.org/ip';

suite
  .add('axios', {
    defer: true,
    fn(deferred) {
      axios.get(targetUrl).then(() => {
        deferred.resolve();
      });
    },
  })
  .add('got', {
    defer: true,
    fn(deferred) {
      got.get(targetUrl).then(() => {
        deferred.resolve();
      });
    },
  })
  .add('superagent - promise', {
    defer: true,
    fn(deferred) {
      superagent.get(targetUrl).then(() => {
        deferred.resolve();
      });
    },
  })
  .add('superagent - end method', {
    defer: true,
    fn(deferred) {
      superagent.get(targetUrl).end(() => {
        deferred.resolve();
      });
    },
  })
  .on('cycle', event => {
    console.log(String(event.target));
    console.log(`mean ${event.target.stats.mean}`);
    console.log(`count ${event.target.stats.sample.length}`);
  })
  .on('complete', function() {
    console.log(`Fastest is ${this.filter('fastest').map('name')}`);
  })
  .run({ async: true });