A simple https request wrapper. Useful for aws lambda

https-request-wrapper-lambda.js

const https = require("https");

const btoaPF = str => Buffer.from(str).toString("base64");
const getdata = (host, path, headers, binary = false, body) =>
  new Promise(res2 => {
    const op = {
      host,
      port: 443,
      path,
      method: body ? "POST" : "GET",
      headers: {
        ...headers,
        "Content-Length": body && body.length
      }
    };

    const req = https.request(op, res => {
      const chunks = [];

      if (binary) {
        res.setEncoding("binary");
      } else {
        res.setEncoding("utf8");
      }

      res.on("data", chunk => {
        if (binary) {
          chunks.push(Buffer.from(chunk, "binary"));
        } else {
          chunks.push(chunk);
        }
      });
      res.on("end", () => {
        if (binary) {
          const buff = Buffer.concat(chunks);
          res2(btoaPF(buff));

          return;
        }
        const joined = chunks.join("");

        try {
          const ret = JSON.parse(joined);
          res2(ret);

          return;
        } catch (e) {
          //
        }
        res2(joined);
      });
    });
    req.on("error", res2);
    if (body) {
      req.write(body);
    }

    req.end();
  });

//eg get
const items = await getdata(
  "gec.dev",
  "/hello-get"
);

//get post
const itemsRaw = await getdata(
  "gec.dev",
  "/hello-post",
  { a: 1 }, //headers
  false,
  JSON.stringify(body)
);