poorequest v0.0.11

poorequest

this is a node js http/https wrapper. in order to run under node@0.6 , which is the highest node version on iPhone.

it only support basic usage ,GET/POST/MULTIPART

install

npm install poorequest

usage

	var Request=require('poorequest');
	var request=new Request();

	var callback = function(err, result){
		// err identify it succ or fail
		// if !err, result will be an object
		// result contain fiedls:
		//   herders, herders return from server,
		//   status / statusCode, statusCode return from server,
		//   body, data return from server, 
		//         you can call toString | toJson | toBuffer on body to convert it to the format you want.
		//   raw,  this is equal to body.toBuffer()
	}
	request.get|post|multi(url,option,callback);

get

	// simple get, no option is needed.
	var url='http://www.baidu.com';
	request.get(url,function(err,result){
		assert(result.body.toString().indexOf('<!--STATUS OK-->') > 0)
		// if data is simple string: call result.body.toString(), eg. most html data 
		// if response is in json format: call result.body.toJson(), eg. most ajax data 
		// if response is in binary format: call result.body.toBuffer(), eg. image data
	});

post

	//post with payload 't=12345'
	var url='http://www.wwei.cn/Qrcode/create.html';
	request.post(url,{form:{
		"t":"12345"
	}},function(err,result){
		assert(result.body.toString().indexOf('img') > 0)
		assert(Object.keys(result.body.toJson()).length == 2)
	});


	//if want to upload paylod in json format like '{"t":"12345"}', add type:json field
	request.post(url,{
		form:{"t":"12345"},
		type:'json'
	},function(err,result){
		//
	});

multipart post

    var multiForm = [];

    var fd1 = {
        name:'id',
        value:'id-value'
    };

    var fd2 = {
        name:'img',
        value:'img-value'
    };

    var fd3 = {
        name:'imgfile',
        value:'imgfile-value',
        filename:path.join(__dirname,"multifile.png") 
    };

    // add a text field
    //----------------------------06090260189957917
	//Content-Disposition: form-data; name="id"
	//
	//id-value
    multiForm.push(fd1);

    // add a text field , same as above
    multiForm.push(fd2);


    // add a file field
    //----------------------------06090260189957917
	//Content-Disposition: form-data; name="imgfile"; filename="multifile.png"
	//Content-Type: image/png
	//
	//imgfile-value
	//
	//...binary from file...
    multiForm.push(fd3);
	

    request.multi(url,{fields:multiForm},function(err,result){
      	// result.body.toString() ......
      	// result.statusCode ......
    });