node-red-contrib-snap4city-user/httpclient.js

Nodes for Snap4city project, targeted to standard user (no developer)

var http = require("http");
var https = require("https");
var urllib = require("url");
var assert = require('assert');

function post(ckantsEndpoint, token, payload, cb) {
  assert(ckantsEndpoint && token && payload);

  var payload = JSON.stringify(payload);
  var opts = urllib.parse(ckantsEndpoint);
  opts.headers = {
    'content-type': 'application/json',
    'content-length': Buffer.byteLength(payload, 'utf8'),
    'Authorization': token
  };
  opts.method = 'POST';

  var req = ((/^https/.test(ckantsEndpoint)) ? https : http).request(opts, function (res) {
    var result = '';
    res.on('data', function (chunk) {
      result += chunk;
    });
    res.on('end', function () {
      cb(result);
    });
  });

  req.on('error', function (err) {
    cb(err);
  });

  if (payload) {
    req.write(payload);
  }

  req.end();
}

module.exports = {
  post: post
}