Node.js http.ClientRequest.aborted Property

Last Updated : 12 Jan, 2021

The http.ClientRequest.aborted is an inbuilt application programming interface of class Client Request within http module which is used to check if the client request has been aborted or not.

Syntax:

request.aborted

Parameters: It does not accept any argument as a parameter.

Return Value: It does not return any value.

Example 1: Filename: index.js

Javascript

// Node.js program to demonstrate the   
// request.aborted APi 
  
// Importing http module 
const http = require('http'); 
  
// Create an HTTP server 
const server = http.createServer((req, res) => { 
  res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' }); 
  res.end('okay'); 
}); 
  
// Now that server is running 
server.listen(3000, '127.0.0.1', () => { 
  
console.log("Server is Started") 
  // Make a request 
  const options = { 
    port: 3000, 
    host: '127.0.0.1', 
    headers: { 
      'Connection': 'Upgrade', 
      'Upgrade': 'websocket'
    } 
  }; 
  
  // Getting client request 
  const req = http.request(options); 
  
  // Aborting the request 
  // by using abort() api 
  req.abort() 
  
  // checking if the client request 
  // has been aborted or not 
  // by using aborted api 
  if(req.aborted) 
    console.log("client request has been aborted") 
  else
    console.log("client request has not been aborted") 
});

Run index.js file using below command:

node index.js

Console Output:

client request has been aborted

Example 2: Filename: index.js

Javascript

// Node.js program to demonstrate the   
// request.aborted APi 
  
// Importing http module 
const http = require('http'); 
  
// Creating an HTTP server 
http.createServer((req, res) => {}) 
.listen(3000, '127.0.0.1', () => { 
  
  // Getting client request 
  const req = http.request({ 
    port: 3000, 
    host: '127.0.0.1', 
  }); 
  
  // Checking if the client request 
  // has been aborted or not 
  // by using aborted api 
  if(req.aborted) 
    console.log("client request has been aborted") 
  else
    console.log("client request has not been aborted") 
  
  process.exit(0) 
});