Support AbortSignal in http requests

[paulbrimicombe]

Please avoid duplicates

• I checked all open feature requests and none of them matched my request.

Context

Since NodeJS 14.17 and 15.3 it has been possible to abort an HTTP(S) request using an AbortSignal (see https://nodejs.org/api/http.html#httprequesturl-options-callback).

A simple example of this might be:

const https = require("https");

// Abort the request after 1 ms
const signal = AbortSignal.timeout(1);

// Make the request
https
  .request("https://www.google.co.uk", { signal })
  .on("error", (error) => {
    console.log(error.message, "CAUSED BY", error.cause?.message);
  })
  .on("response", (res) => {
    res
      .on("data", () => {
        // do something with the response body
      })
      .on("close", () => console.log("Finished"));
  })
  .end();

This doesn't appear to be supported by nock — if I create a scope for https://www.google.co.uk, the request is not aborted after the appropriate time (e.g. if I add a delay using nock).

This appears to be the NodeJS source code that adds support for Abort Signals:

https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/259ea3ed59a655ed0263746365c4538ec9c561a5/lib/internal/streams/add-abort-signal.js#L27-L53

Alternatives

No response

If the feature request is accepted, would you be willing to submit a PR?

• yes