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Rx'ification of request
'use 6to5';
const rx = require('rx');
const request = require('request');
let wrapMethodInRx = (method) => {
return function(...args) {
return rx.Observable.create((subj) => {
// Push the callback as the last parameter
args.push((err, resp, body) => {
if (err) {
subj.onError(err);
return;
}
if (resp.statusCode >= 400) {
subj.onError(new Error(`Request failed: ${resp.statusCode}\n${body}`));
return;
}
subj.onNext({response: resp, body: body});
subj.onCompleted();
});
try {
method(...args);
} catch (e) {
subj.onError(e);
}
return rx.Disposable.empty;
});
};
};
let requestRx = wrapMethodInRx(request);
requestRx.get = wrapMethodInRx(request.get);
requestRx.post = wrapMethodInRx(request.post);
requestRx.patch = wrapMethodInRx(request.patch);
requestRx.put = wrapMethodInRx(request.put);
requestRx.del = wrapMethodInRx(request.del);
requestRx.pipe = (url, stream) => {
return rx.Observable.create((subj) => {
try {
request.get(url).pipe(stream)
.on('error', (err) => subj.onError(err))
.on('end', () => { subj.onNext(true); subj.onCompleted(); });
} catch (e) {
subj.onError(e);
}
});
};
module.exports = requestRx;
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