troopclient/lib/postdata-reader.js

Client component for troop style backend svc

var POST = "POST";
var DATA_EVENT = "data";
var END_EVENT = "end";
var EMPTY = "";

var qs = require("querystring");
var when = require("when");

module.exports.read = function (req) {
	var deferred = when.defer();
	var body = EMPTY;

    if (req.method === POST) {
        req.on(DATA_EVENT, function (data) {
            body += data;
        });
        req.on(END_EVENT, function () {
            deferred.resolve(qs.parse(body));
        });
    }
    else {
    	deferred.reject();
    }

    return deferred.promise;
}