How To Install node-node-rest-client on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-node-rest-client on Kali Linux. node-node-rest-client is Rest API client for NodeJS

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-node-rest-client on Kali Linux.

What is node-node-rest-client

node-node-rest-client is:

Allows connecting to any API REST and get results as js Object. The client has the following features:

  • Transparent HTTP/HTTPS connection to remote API sites.
  • Allows simple HTTP basic authentication.
  • Allows most common HTTP operations: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH or any other method through custom connect method
  • Allows creation of custom HTTP Methods (PURGE, etc.)
  • Direct or through proxy connection to remote API sites.
  • Register remote API operations as own client methods, simplifying reuse.
  • Dynamic path and query parameters and request headers.
  • Improved Error handling mechanism (client or specific request)
  • Added support for compressed responses: gzip and deflate
  • Added support for follow redirects thanks to great follow-redirects package
  • Added support for custom request serializers (json,xml and url-encoded included by default)
  • Added support for custom response parsers (json and xml included by default)

Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.

There are three methods to install node-node-rest-client on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install node-node-rest-client Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install node-node-rest-client using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install node-node-rest-client

Install node-node-rest-client Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install node-node-rest-client using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install node-node-rest-client

Install node-node-rest-client Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install node-node-rest-client using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-node-rest-client

How To Uninstall node-node-rest-client on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the node-node-rest-client package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove node-node-rest-client

Uninstall node-node-rest-client And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-node-rest-client and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-node-rest-client

Remove node-node-rest-client Configurations and Data

To remove node-node-rest-client configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-node-rest-client

Remove node-node-rest-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove node-node-rest-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-node-rest-client

Dependencies

node-node-rest-client have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-node-rest-client package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.