tor-http

Fully plug-and-play Node.js package to route all HTTP(S) requests through Tor SOCKS5 proxy.

Features

• Auto-detect Tor on Windows/macOS/Linux
• Auto-start Tor if not running
• Graceful shutdown on exit or signals
• Patch global http/https agents
• Single-request function (torRequest) with retry logic
• Custom torrc support
• Verbose logging toggle
• Robust error handling

Installation

npm install tor-http


const { initTor } = require('tor-http');

(async () => {
  await initTor({ torrc: './mytorrc', verbose: true });
})();


const { torRequest } = require('tor-http');

(async () => {
  const data = await torRequest('http://check.torproject.org', { retries: 3, verbose: true });
  console.log(data);
})();


const { stopTor } = require('tor-http');
stopTor();