@webbspark/web-request

Description

Fetch wrapper for making HTTP(s) requests easier

Notes

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Importing Package

import { WebbRequest } from '@webbspark/web-request/index.js';

Note: for web use - Sever must be able to serve the node_modules/@webbspark folder or it should be copied into a folder the server can serve.
Electron apps can access the node_modules folder directly, copying is not necessary

Properties

post
get
put
patch
delete
beforeRun

Request Options

{
    headers?: {[key: string]: any},
    params?: {[key: string]: any},
    mode?: ('cors' | 'no-cors' | 'same-origin'),
    credentials?: ('omit' | 'same-origin' | 'include'),
    cache?: ('default' | 'no-store' | 'reload' | 'no-cache' | 'force-cache' | 'only-if-cached'),
    redirect?: ('follow' | 'error' | 'manual'),
    referrerPolicy?: ('no-referrer' | 'no-referrer-when-downgrade' | 'same-origin' | 'origin' | 'strict-origin' | 'origin-when-cross-origin' | 'strict-origin-when-cross-origin' | 'unsafe-url'),
    integrity?: string,
    keepalive?: boolean,
    signal?: AbortController,
    returnType?: ('arrayBuffer' | 'blob' | 'formData' | 'json' | 'redirect' | 'text'),
    body?: (Blob | ArrayBuffer | DataView | FormData | URLSearchParams | ReadableStream | {[key: string]: any}),
    rawBody?: boolean,
    form?: {[key: string]: any},
}

Response Object

{
    response: ('arrayBuffer' | 'blob' | 'formData' | 'json' | 'redirect' | 'text');
    request: (Request Options && { url?: string, method?: Methods, body?: any});
    statusCode: number;
    statusMessage: string;
}

Use Example

import { WebbRequest } from '@webbspark/web-request/index.js';
const wreq = new WebRequest((opts) => {
    opts.url = `https://someurl.com/${opts.url}`;

    if (!opts.headers) opts.headers = {};
    opts.headers['Accept'] = '*/*';
    opts.headers['User-Agent'] = 'My Application (https://www.my-url.com)';
    opts.headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'; 

    opts.headers['Authorization'] = `Bearer ${opts.authToken}`;
    delete opts.authToken; //make sure to delete user defined items, in the options object, before leaving this function
});

const saveNote = (noteText) => {
    return new Promise(async (res, rej) => {
        try {
            const rtn = await wreq.post('http://someurl.com/api/notes', {
                authToken: '<token>',
                body: { note: noteText }
            });
 
            (rtn.statusCode === 200 ? res : rej)(rtn.response);
        } catch (ex) {
            console.log(err);
        }
    });
}

Feature Requests and Bug Reporting - NOT IMPLEMENTED

Bug Reporting
Feature Requests

License

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