//TODO add support for IE8-9 CORS via XDomain //TODO better error handling, ala exceptions /** * @namespace Typertext * @module Http */ module Typertext.Http { export class HttpRequest implements Typertext.GenericRequest { /** * The class that everything that calls an http(s) server should use and build on top of using callbacks * * @class HttpRequest * @extends GenericRequest * * @author Kegan Myers * @version 0.3.0 * @constructor */ constructor() { } /** * A convenience method for simply calling a GET * * @param {HttpUrl} request * @param {HttpResponseHandler} callback */ public Get(request:HttpUrl, callback:HttpResponseHandler):void { this.RawRequest(HttpMethod.GET, request, {}, callback); } /** * A convenience method for simply calling a POST * * @param {HttpUrl} request * @param {HttpPostData} postData * @param {HttpResponseHandler} callback */ public Post(request:HttpUrl, postData:HttpPostData, callback:HttpResponseHandler):void { this.RawRequest(HttpMethod.GET, request, postData, callback); } /** * This is a method that calls against a specified HTTP server and does basic handling of responses, with no * data manipulation * * @param {HttpMethod} method * @param {HttpUrl} request * @param {HttpPostData} postData * @param {HttpResponseHandler} callback */ public RawRequest(method:HttpMethod, request:HttpUrl, postData:HttpPostData = {}, callback:HttpResponseHandler = (c)=> { }):void { var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(); xhr.onreadystatechange = ()=> { //Once the request completes if (xhr.readyState == 4) { var getHeader = (name:string):string => { return xhr.getResponseHeader(name); }; if (xhr.status == 200) { callback(new HttpResponse(HttpResponseStatus.success, getHeader, xhr.status, xhr.responseText)); } else if (xhr.status >= 400 && xhr.status < 500) { //TODO generate a client error callback throw new HttpException("Error type is unimplemented", -1, HttpResponseStatus.clientError); } else if (xhr.status >= 500 && xhr.status < 600) { //TODO generate a server error callback throw new HttpException("Error type is unimplemented", -1, HttpResponseStatus.serverError); } else { throw new HttpException("An unknown error has occurred", -2, HttpResponseStatus.unknownError); } } }; xhr.ontimeout = () => { callback(new HttpResponse(HttpResponseStatus.timeout)); }; xhr.open(HttpMethod[method], request.ToString(), true); if (method == HttpMethod.GET) { xhr.send(); return; } xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"); xhr.send(HttpUrl.UrlEncodeObject(postData)); } } }