[skip ci] add docs

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@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ the hostname and the port number 'hostname:port'
* `hostname` String (optional) - The server host name.
* `port` Integer (optional) - The server's listening port number.
* `path` String (optional) - The path part of the request URL.
* `redirect` String (optional) - The redirect mode for this request. Should be
one of `follow`, `error` or `manual`. Defaults to `follow`. When mode is `error`,
any redirection will be aborted. When mode is `manual` the redirection will be
deferred until [`request.followRedirect`](#requestfollowRedirect) is invoked. Listen for the [`redirect`](#event-redirect) event in
this mode to get more details about the redirect request.
`options` properties such as `protocol`, `host`, `hostname`, `port` and `path`
strictly follow the Node.js model as described in the
@ -121,6 +126,19 @@ Emitted as the last event in the HTTP request-response transaction. The `close`
event indicates that no more events will be emitted on either the `request` or
`response` objects.
#### Event: 'redirect'
Returns:
* `statusCode` Integer
* `method` String
* `redirectUrl` String
* `responseHeaders` Object
Emitted when there is redirection and the mode is `manual`. Calling
[`request.followRedirect`](#requestfollowRedirect) will continue with the redirection.
### Instance Properties
#### `request.chunkedEncoding`
@ -192,3 +210,7 @@ Cancels an ongoing HTTP transaction. If the request has already emitted the
`close` event, the abort operation will have no effect. Otherwise an ongoing
event will emit `abort` and `close` events. Additionally, if there is an ongoing
response object,it will emit the `aborted` event.
#### `request.followRedirect()`
Continues any deferred redirection request when the redirection mode is `manual`.