koa-request/index.js

wrapper to request library ready to use in koa

/*
  Simple wrapper to request library
  http://github.com/mikeal/request
  For use in Koa.
*/
  
var _request = require('request');

function request (uri, options) { 
	return function (callback) { 
		_request(uri, options, function (error, response, body) { 
			callback(error, response); 
		}) 
	} 
}

//copy request's properties
for (var attr in _request) {
	if (_request.hasOwnProperty(attr)) {
		if (['get','post','put','patch','head','del'].indexOf(attr) > -1) {
			//trunkify request's convenience methods
			request[attr] = (function(attr) {
				return function (uri, options) { 
					return function (callback) { 
						_request[attr](uri, options, function (error, response, body) { 
							callback(error, response); 
						}) 
					} 
				}
			})(attr);
		} else {
			request[attr] = _request[attr];
		}
	}
}

module.exports = request;