request

README.md

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 a coding challenge i made for myself; how much
 can i fit in one hundred lines or less?
 
+i'll try to keep these understandable and not
+mangle/minify them. if you want to use them,
+you probrably should edit them to your liking
+first.
+
 - `server.js` basic http server based off of express
 - `templater.js` pre-render your webpages server side
 - `data.js` easily extendible database
 - `simple.css` css styling for minimal sites
 - `chat.js` chat server; connect with netcat. somewhat buggy
+- `request.js` async wrapper for http

request.js

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+const https = require("https");
+const stream = require("stream");
+
+async function request(method, url, body, headers = {}) {
+	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+		const req = https.request(url, { headers, method }, (res) => {
+			let data = "";
+			res.setEncoding("utf8");
+			res.on("data", (d) => (data += d));
+			res.on("end", () => resolve(data));
+			res.on("error", reject);
+		});
+		if (body) {
+			if (body instanceof stream.Readable) {
+				body.pipe(req);
+			} else {
+				req.end(body);
+			}
+		}
+	});
+}
+
+async function get(url, headers = {}) {
+	return request("GET", url, null, headers);
+}
+
+async function post(url, body, headers = {}) {
+	return request("POST", url, body, headers);
+}
+
+async function getJSON(url, headers = {}) {
+	return JSON.parse(await get(url, headers));
+}
+
+async function postJSON(url, body, headers = {}) {
+	return JSON.parse(await get(url, JSON.stringify(body), headers));
+}
+
+module.exports = { request, get, post, getJSON, postJSON };