# http
[Source code of released version](https://github.com/meteor/meteor/tree/master/packages/deprecated/http) | [Source code of development version](https://github.com/meteor/meteor/tree/devel/packages/deprecated/http)
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## Deprecated
This package has been deprecated in favor of the [fetch](https://atmospherejs.com/meteor/fetch) package and new web standards.

## Docs

`HTTP` provides an HTTP request API on the client and server.  To use
these functions, add the HTTP package to your project with `$ meteor add http`.

See the [HTTP section in the Meteor docs](http://docs.meteor.com/#http) for more details.

## Direct access to npm request API

This feature is now disabled and was used in prior versions of this package.
