source: Dev/trunk/src/server/util/request.js @ 466

var http = require('q-io/http'),
    url = require('url'),
    _ = require('underscore');

module.exports = function(urlOrObject, options) {

    options = options
        ? _.clone(options)
        : {};
    options.url = _.isString(urlOrObject)
        ? url.parse(urlOrObject)
        : _.clone(urlOrObject);

    // wrap content into q-io thingy
    if ( options.body ) {
        options.body = {
            forEach: function(callback) {
                callback(JSON.stringify(options.body));
            }
        };
    };
    
    // add auth header since q-io doesn't support this
    if ( options.url.auth ) {
        options.headers.authorization = 'Basic '+(new Buffer(options.url.auth).toString("base64"));
    }
    
    // make request and collect results
    return http.request(options)
    .then(function(res){
        return res.body.read().then(function(content){
            return content.length > 0 ? JSON.parse(content) : null;
        });
    },function(res){
        return res.body.read().then(function(error){
            return error.length > 0 ? JSON.parse(error) : null;
        });
    });
};