Package

chai-http

Extend Chai Assertion library with tests for http apis

v5.1.2, 2 May 2025MITESM onlyTypes: BundledHTTP clients

$ npm install chai-http

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 307k; -21% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 7; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 1 year ago; v5.1.2
GitHub stars: 634; 110 forks
Open issues / PRs: 45 / 6
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 57

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

307,020 downloads last week, 1,407,960 in the last month. The 12-month change of -21% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: -
Latest version: 5.1.2, 2 May 20251 year ago
First published: -
Last push to GitHub: 21 Sept 20263 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 45
Open pull requests: 6
Commits, last 52 weeks: 57
Dependents on npm: 289

Major versions

Recent releases

Compatibility

Module format: ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: >=18.20.0
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 37 kB
Dependencies (7): qsis-ipcharsetmethodscookiejarsuperagent@types/superagent

Install

npm install chai-http

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/chai-http@5.1.2/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/chai-http@5.1.2/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/chai-http@5.1.2

Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.