From 18529c4ef0530f0f849fb706f75a316b1290ffea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: eggplantzzz <tmfeickert@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2018 18:51:29 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Allow keepAlive option when instantiating HttpProvider

---
 packages/web3-providers-http/src/index.js | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/web3-providers-http/src/index.js b/packages/web3-providers-http/src/index.js
index 8a4ec985a34..fbfeba35a20 100644
--- a/packages/web3-providers-http/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/web3-providers-http/src/index.js
@@ -31,13 +31,16 @@ var https = require('https');
 /**
  * HttpProvider should be used to send rpc calls over http
  */
-var HttpProvider = function HttpProvider(host, options) {
-    options = options || {};
+var HttpProvider = function HttpProvider(host, options = {}) {
+    const keepAlive =
+        (options.keepAlive === true || options.keepAlive !== false) ?
+            true :
+            false;
     this.host = host || 'http://localhost:8545';
-    if (this.host.substring(0,5) === "https"){
-        this.httpsAgent = new https.Agent({ keepAlive: true });
+    if (this.host.substring(0,5) === "https") {
+        this.httpsAgent = new https.Agent({ keepAlive });
     }else{
-        this.httpAgent = new http.Agent({ keepAlive: true });
+        this.httpAgent = new http.Agent({ keepAlive });
     }
     this.timeout = options.timeout || 0;
     this.headers = options.headers;

From 1c93c0dbaaf222631ac997946f2eb981330451d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "g. nicholas d'andrea" <gnidan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2018 23:03:26 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Fix syntax for Node v5

---
 packages/web3-providers-http/src/index.js | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/web3-providers-http/src/index.js b/packages/web3-providers-http/src/index.js
index fbfeba35a20..f4cca379b03 100644
--- a/packages/web3-providers-http/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/web3-providers-http/src/index.js
@@ -31,16 +31,18 @@ var https = require('https');
 /**
  * HttpProvider should be used to send rpc calls over http
  */
-var HttpProvider = function HttpProvider(host, options = {}) {
-    const keepAlive =
+var HttpProvider = function HttpProvider(host, options) {
+    options = options || {};
+
+    var keepAlive =
         (options.keepAlive === true || options.keepAlive !== false) ?
             true :
             false;
     this.host = host || 'http://localhost:8545';
     if (this.host.substring(0,5) === "https") {
-        this.httpsAgent = new https.Agent({ keepAlive });
+        this.httpsAgent = new https.Agent({ keepAlive: keepAlive });
     }else{
-        this.httpAgent = new http.Agent({ keepAlive });
+        this.httpAgent = new http.Agent({ keepAlive: keepAlive });
     }
     this.timeout = options.timeout || 0;
     this.headers = options.headers;