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Good default configuration for axios in node.js
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axios-instance-config.js
const axios = require('axios');
const http = require('http');
const https = require('https');
module.exports = axios.create({
//60 sec timeout
timeout: 60000,
//keepAlive pools and reuses TCP connections, so it's faster
httpAgent: new http.Agent({ keepAlive: true }),
httpsAgent: new https.Agent({ keepAlive: true }),
//follow up to 10 HTTP 3xx redirects
maxRedirects: 10,
//cap the maximum content length we'll accept to 50MBs, just in case
maxContentLength: 50 * 1000 * 1000
});
//optionally add interceptors here...
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