The request library is deprecated and no longer maintained. This PR removes the dependency and replaces its usage with Node.js's built-in fetch() API, which is available in Node.js ≥ 18.0.0 (this project requires ≥ 18.0.0).

Changes Made

• Removed request dependency from package.json and @types/request from devDependencies
• Updated makeRequest() function in src/lib/util/utils.ts to use fetch() instead of the request library
• Made function async to properly handle fetch's Promise-based API
• Maintained identical behavior including error handling for non-200 responses and content parsing
• Removed unused Response type that was specific to the request library

Before/After

Before:

import request = require("request")

export function makeRequest(options: Options) {
  const promise = new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
    request(options, function (err: unknown, response: Response, responseBody: string) {
      // callback-based handling
    })
  })
  return promise
}

After:

export async function makeRequest(options: Options) {
  const response = await fetch(options.url)
  
  if (options.errorOnNon200Response && response.status !== 200) {
    const responseBody = await response.text()
    const msg = `StatusCode: "${response.status}", ResponseBody: "${responseBody}."`
    throw new Error(msg)
  }
  
  const responseBody = await response.text()
  // ... rest of parsing logic unchanged
  return res
}

The function signature and behavior remain identical from the caller's perspective, ensuring backward compatibility.

Testing

• All existing tests continue to pass
• Build and lint checks are successful
• CLI functionality verified to work correctly
• Package size reduced by removing 39 dependencies

Fixes #360.

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