tricks/http/request.js

ES6 modules

import http from 'http';
import https from 'https';
import promisify from '../object/promisify.js';
import createUrl from '../string/createUrl.js';

export default (req, callback) => {

	if (typeof req === 'string') {
		req = {
			url: req
		};
	}

	// Method
	req.method = (req.method || 'get').toUpperCase();

	// Construct URL
	// URL: url | uri
	// Query Params: query | qs
	req.url = req.url || req.uri;
	req.query = req.query || req.qs || {};

	// Run the request through the proxy handler
	const handler = promisify(req.proxyHandler || ((req, cb) => {
		cb();
	}));

	// Run the request through a proxy handler
	// This gives us the chance to manipulate the request
	handler(req)
		.then(() => {
		// URL
			req.url = createUrl(req.url, req.query);

			// Trigger
			const protocol = (req.url.match(/^https/) ? https : http);
			const request = protocol.request(req, res => {
				let data = '';
				res.on('data', (chunk => {
					data += chunk.toString();
				}));
				res.on('end', () => callback(data));
			});

			if (req.data) {
				request.write(req.data);
			}
			request.end();
		});
};