jurl/lib/parseInput.js

A minimal but useful cURL wrapper.

/**
 * Created by instancetype on 8/19/14.
 */
 /* jshint bitwise : true, eqeqeq : true, forin : true, noarg : true, noempty : true, nonew : true,
   asi : true, esnext : true, laxcomma : true, sub : true, browser : true, node : true, phantom : true */
function parseInput(inputArray, optsObj) {
  optsObj = optsObj || {}
  var
    methods = ['GET', 'HEAD', 'POST', 'PUT', 'DELETE']
   , curlArgs
   , dataArgs

  if ( methods.indexOf(inputArray[0].toUpperCase()) !== -1 ) {
    optsObj.method = inputArray[0].toUpperCase()
  }
  else {
    inputArray.unshift('spaceholder')
  }

  optsObj.url = inputArray[1]
  curlArgs = parseMethod(optsObj)

  dataArgs = inputArray.slice(2)
  if (dataArgs.length) {
    dataArgs.forEach(function(dataArg) {
      curlArgs.push(['-d'], dataArg)
    })
  }
  return curlArgs
}

function parseMethod(opts) {

  switch (opts.method) {
    case 'GET':
      return ['-i', opts.url]
    case 'HEAD':
      return ['-I', opts.url]
    case 'POST':
      return [opts.url]
    default:
      return ['-X', opts.method, opts.url]
  }
}

module.exports = parseInput