stacks-http

name	stacks-http
description	Use when working with HTTP utilities in a Stacks application — HTTP status codes, making outbound HTTP requests via HttxClient, reactive fetch composables (useFetch/createFetch), or HTTP-related helpers. Covers @stacksjs/http, @stacksjs/httx, and the fetch composables in @stacksjs/composables.
license	MIT
compatibility	Bun >= 1.3.0, TypeScript
allowed-tools	Read Edit Write Bash Grep Glob

Stacks HTTP

Key Paths

• Core package: storage/framework/core/http/src/
• Composables (useFetch/createFetch): storage/framework/core/composables/src/useFetch.ts, storage/framework/core/composables/src/createFetch.ts
• Buddy CLI command: storage/framework/core/buddy/src/commands/http.ts
• httx dependency (installed): node_modules/@stacksjs/httx/
• Package: @stacksjs/http (status codes), @stacksjs/httx (HTTP client), @stacksjs/composables (useFetch/createFetch)

Source Files

http/src/
└── index.ts           # Response enum — all HTTP status codes (100-511)

composables/src/
├── useFetch.ts        # Chainable reactive fetch composable (builder pattern)
└── createFetch.ts     # Factory for pre-configured useFetch with baseUrl

buddy/src/commands/
└── http.ts            # `buddy http [domain]` CLI command using HttxClient

Response Enum — HTTP Status Codes (index.ts)

The @stacksjs/http package exports a single Response enum with all standard HTTP status codes:

import { Response } from '@stacksjs/http'

Response.HTTP_OK                    // 200
Response.HTTP_CREATED               // 201
Response.HTTP_NO_CONTENT            // 204
Response.HTTP_MOVED_PERMANENTLY     // 301
Response.HTTP_NOT_MODIFIED          // 304
Response.HTTP_BAD_REQUEST           // 400
Response.HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED          // 401
Response.HTTP_FORBIDDEN             // 403
Response.HTTP_NOT_FOUND             // 404
Response.HTTP_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY  // 422
Response.HTTP_TOO_MANY_REQUESTS     // 429
Response.HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR // 500
Response.HTTP_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE   // 503

Full Status Code Categories

• 1xx Informational: HTTP_CONTINUE (100), HTTP_SWITCHING_PROTOCOLS (101)
• 2xx Success: HTTP_OK (200), HTTP_CREATED (201), HTTP_ACCEPTED (202), HTTP_NON_AUTHORITATIVE_INFORMATION (203), HTTP_NO_CONTENT (204), HTTP_RESET_CONTENT (205), HTTP_PARTIAL_CONTENT (206)
• 3xx Redirection: HTTP_MULTIPLE_CHOICES (300), HTTP_MOVED_PERMANENTLY (301), HTTP_FOUND (302), HTTP_SEE_OTHER (303), HTTP_NOT_MODIFIED (304), HTTP_USE_PROXY (305), HTTP_UNUSED (306), HTTP_TEMPORARY_REDIRECT (307), HTTP_PERMANENT_REDIRECT (308)
• 4xx Client Error: HTTP_BAD_REQUEST (400) through HTTP_UNAVAILABLE_FOR_LEGAL_REASONS (451) — includes HTTP_I_AM_A_TEAPOT (418)
• 5xx Server Error: HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR (500) through HTTP_NETWORK_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED (511)

HttxClient — Outbound HTTP Client (@stacksjs/httx)

The @stacksjs/httx package provides the HttxClient class for making outbound HTTP requests. It wraps Bun's fetch() with retry logic, timeouts, timing data, and Result-based error handling via ts-error-handling.

import { HttxClient } from '@stacksjs/httx'

const client = new HttxClient(config?: Partial<HttxConfig>)
const result = await client.request<T>(url: string, options: RequestOptions): Promise<Result<HttxResponse<T>, Error>>

HttxConfig

interface HttxConfig {
  verbose?: boolean | string[]       // Enable debug logging (or filter by category)
  defaultHeaders?: Record<string, string>
  baseUrl?: string                   // Prepended to all request URLs
  timeout?: number                   // Request timeout in ms
  retry?: RetryOptions               // Default retry configuration
}

RequestOptions

interface RequestOptions {
  method: 'GET' | 'POST' | 'PUT' | 'DELETE' | 'PATCH' | 'HEAD' | 'OPTIONS'
  query?: Record<string, string>     // URL query parameters
  form?: boolean                     // Send body as form-encoded
  multipart?: boolean                // Send body as multipart/form-data
  json?: boolean                     // Send body as JSON
  unix?: string                      // Unix socket path
  proxy?: string                     // Proxy URL
  downloadProgress?: (progress: number) => void
  retry?: RetryOptions               // Per-request retry override
  stream?: boolean                   // Stream response
  acceptHeader?: string              // Override Accept header
  verbose?: boolean
  timeout?: number
  body?: BodyInit | <, >
  ?: 
}

RetryOptions

interface RetryOptions {
  retries?: number                   // Max retry attempts
  retryDelay?: number                // Base delay between retries (ms)
  retryOn?: number[]                 // HTTP status codes that trigger retry
  shouldRetry?: (error: Error, attempt: number) => boolean  // Custom retry predicate
}

HttxResponse

interface HttxResponse<T = unknown> {
  status: number
  statusText: string
  headers: Headers
  data: T
  timings: {
    start: number
    end: number
    duration: number                 // Total request duration in ms
  }
}

Result Pattern (from ts-error-handling)

client.request() returns a Result<HttxResponse<T>, Error>. Use .match() to handle success/failure:

const result = await client.request('https://api.example.com/users', {
  method: 'GET',
})

result.match({
  ok: (response) => {
    console.log(response.status)          // 200
    console.log(response.timings.duration) // e.g. 142 (ms)
    console.log(response.data)            // parsed response body
  },
  err: (error) => {
    console.error(error.message)
  },
})

Or use result.isOk / result.value / result.error directly.

Error Classes

class HttxError extends Error {
  readonly context?: Record<string, unknown>
}

class HttxRequestError extends HttxError {
  readonly method: string
  readonly url: string
  readonly statusCode?: number
}

class HttxTimeoutError extends HttxError {
  readonly method: string
  readonly url: string
  readonly timeout: number
}

class HttxNetworkError extends HttxError {
  readonly method: string
  readonly url: string
  readonly originalError?: Error
}

class HttxResponseError extends HttxRequestError {
  readonly : 
   ?: 
}

Utility Exports

import { debugLog, sleep } from '@stacksjs/httx'

debugLog(category: string, message: string | (() => string), verbose?: boolean | string[]): void
sleep(ms: number): Promise<void>

Config Exports

import { config, defaultConfig, getConfig } from '@stacksjs/httx'

const config: HttxConfig               // Synchronous access with default fallback
const defaultConfig: HttxConfig         // Default configuration object
function getConfig(): Promise<HttxConfig>  // Async config loader

useFetch — Reactive Fetch Composable (@stacksjs/composables)

A chainable, reactive fetch composable using the builder pattern. Uses native fetch() under the hood (not HttxClient). Returns reactive Ref values from @stacksjs/stx.

import { useFetch } from '@stacksjs/composables'

// Builder pattern: method -> format -> result
const { data, error, isFetching } = await useFetch('/api/posts').get().json()

FetchBuilder Interface

interface FetchBuilder {
  get: () => FetchBuilder
  post: (body?: string) => FetchBuilder
  patch: (body?: string) => FetchBuilder
  put: (body?: string) => FetchBuilder
  delete: () => FetchBuilder
  json: () => UseFetchResult
}

UseFetchResult Interface

interface UseFetchResult {
  data: Ref<any>          // Reactive ref — populated with parsed JSON on success
  error: Ref<any>         // Reactive ref — populated with error JSON or Error object
  isFetching: Ref<boolean>  // Starts as true, becomes false when request completes
  then: (resolve: (value: { data: Ref<any>, error: Ref<any> }) => void) => Promise<void>
}

Usage Examples

import { useFetch } from '@stacksjs/composables'

// GET request
const { data, error } = await useFetch('/api/users').get().json()

// POST with JSON body
const { data, error } = await useFetch('/api/users')
  .post(JSON.stringify({ name: 'Alice', email: '[e-mail]' }))
  .json()

// PATCH with body
const { data, error } = await useFetch('/api/users/1')
  .patch(JSON.stringify({ name: 'Updated' }))
  .json()

// DELETE
const { data, error } = await useFetch('/api/users/1').delete().json()

// Synchronous access (reactive — updates when request completes)
const result = useFetch('/api/items').get().json()
result.isFetching.value  // true (synchronously, before microtask resolves)

result..        
result..  

How json() Works Internally

1. Builds a RequestInit with the configured method and Accept: application/json header
2. For POST/PATCH/PUT with a body, also sets Content-Type: application/json
3. Calls native fetch(url, init)
4. On success (response.ok), parses JSON into data.value
5. On HTTP error, parses JSON into error.value
6. On network error, sets error.value to the caught Error
7. Always sets isFetching.value = false in finally

createFetch — Pre-configured Fetch Factory (@stacksjs/composables)

Creates a reusable useFetch instance with a pre-configured base URL.

import { createFetch } from '@stacksjs/composables'

interface CreateFetchOptions {
  baseUrl?: string          // Base URL prepended to all requests
  options?: RequestInit     // Default options (currently unused in implementation)
}

const useApi = createFetch({ baseUrl: 'https://api.example.com' })

// URL becomes: https://api.example.com/users
const { data, error } = await useApi('/users').get().json()

URL Resolution

createFetch joins the base URL and path by stripping trailing/leading slashes:

• baseUrl: 'https://api.example.com/' + '/users' → 'https://api.example.com/users'
• baseUrl: 'https://api.example.com' + 'users' → 'https://api.example.com/users'

CLI Command — buddy http

buddy http [domain]          # Send a GET request (defaults to config.app.url)
buddy http example.com       # GET https://example.com
buddy http -v example.com    # Verbose output

The CLI command uses HttxClient from @stacksjs/httx:

• Prepends https:// if the URL does not start with http
• Logs status code, status text, and duration
• Prints response body (string or pretty-printed JSON)

Gotchas

• @stacksjs/http is status codes only — it exports a single Response enum with HTTP status code constants. It does NOT contain an HTTP client, request helpers, or fetch utilities
• The actual HTTP client is @stacksjs/httx — a separate package (not part of @stacksjs/http). It is used by buddy http and available for general use
• useFetch uses native fetch(), not HttxClient — despite @stacksjs/httx being available, the useFetch composable calls the global fetch() directly
• useFetch only supports .json() format — there is no .text(), .blob(), or .arrayBuffer() method. The only terminal method is .json()
• Method chaining overrides previous method — calling .post('body').get() will send a GET request (last method wins, body is cleared for GET/DELETE)
• createFetch ignores the options parameter — the CreateFetchOptions.options field is declared in the interface but not used in the implementation
• useFetch body is only sent for POST/PATCH/PUT — GET and DELETE requests strip the body even if one was set
• The Response enum name conflicts with the global Response — importing Response from @stacksjs/http shadows the native Fetch API Response type. Use a named import alias if both are needed: import { Response as HttpStatus } from '@stacksjs/http'
• HttxClient uses Result pattern — request() returns Result<HttxResponse, Error> from ts-error-handling, not a plain Promise. Use .match(), .isOk, or .value/.error to unwrap
• useFetch returns reactive Refs — data, error, and are from . Access values via property