Make native http/https requests for node js

request-native.js

/*
 * Make native http/https requests
 *
 * @usage: NativeRequest([URL|options])
 * @demo: NativeRequest('https://example.org')
 * 
 * @output: <http.ClientRequest> - see https://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_http_request_options_callback
 */

const { URL } = require('url')
const http = require('http')
const https = require('https')

function NativeRequest (options, callback)
{
  try {
    const requestURL = new URL((typeof options == 'string') ? options : options.url)

    options.protocol = requestURL.protocol
    options.host = requestURL.host
    options.path = requestURL.path

    if (requestURL.protocol == 'http:')
      { return http.get(options, callback) }
    else if (requestURL.protocol == 'https:')
      { return https.get(options, callback) }
    else
      { throw 'Unsupported protocol: ' + url.protocol }
  }
  catch (err) { throw err }
}

module.exports = NativeRequest