bits and pieces

gistfile1.txt

  /**
   * Given a username and password, make a https request for a token
   */
  getToken (username, password, portalBaseUrl) {
    const url = `${portalBaseUrl}/sharing/rest/generateToken?f=json`;
    let options = {
      method: 'POST',
      form: {
        username: username,
        password: password,
        referer: portalBaseUrl
      },
      json: true
    };
    // fire the request
    return request.post(url, options);
  }

gistfile2.txt

/**
   * Proxy to the fetch that is imported during the build process
   */
  fetch (url, options) {
    return fetch(url, options);
  }