Caccl-send-request NPM

caccl-send-request

The default request sender used throughout the CACCL project.

Part of the CACCL library

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Description

Sends an http request, handles paging, retries failed requests, and processes the response.

Argument	Type	Description	Default
host	string	host to send the request to	none
path	string	path to send the request to	none
method	string	http method to use	GET
params	object	query/body/data to include in the request	{}
headers	object	headers to include in the request	{}
numRetries	number	number of times to retry the request if it fails	0
ignoreSSLIssues	boolean	if true, ignores self-signed certificate issues	false usually, true if host is `localhost:8088`

Returns: Promise.<CACCLError|object> Returns promise that resolves with { body, status, headers } on success, rejects with CACCLError (see caccl-error on npm) on failure.

Note: This function sends cross-origin credentials if process.env.NODE_ENV equals development.