Remove "request" dependency due to security vulnerability? CVE-2023-28155

The dependency "request" has a security vulnerability (reported by npm audit):

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p8p7-x288-28g6

The "request" library itself is deprecated:

https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142

There is a PR on the project to fix the vulnerability, but it looks like it will not be merged:

https://github.com/request/request/pull/3444