# web3-providers-http

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Package forked from https://github.com/ChainSafe/web3.js/tree/v1.6.1/packages/web3-providers-http to change http headers

This is a HTTP provider sub-package for [web3.js][repo].

Please read the [documentation][docs] for more.

## Installation

### Node.js

```bash
npm install web3-providers-http
```

## Usage

```js
const http = require('http');
const Web3HttpProvider = require('web3-providers-http');

const options = {
    keepAlive: true,
    timeout: 20000, // milliseconds,
    headers: [{name: 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin', value: '*'},{...}],
    withCredentials: false,
    agent: {http: http.Agent(...), baseUrl: ''}
};

const provider = new Web3HttpProvider('http://localhost:8545', options);
```

## Types

All the TypeScript typings are placed in the `types` folder.

[docs]: http://web3js.readthedocs.io/en/1.0/
[repo]: https://github.com/ethereum/web3.js
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