httpcall_common.js

Meteor.http = Meteor.http || {};

(function() {

  Meteor.http._encodeParams = function(params) {
    var buf = [];
    _.each(params, function(value, key) {
      if (buf.length)
        buf.push('&');
      buf.push(Meteor.http._encodeString(key), '=',
               Meteor.http._encodeString(value));
    });
    return buf.join('').replace(/%20/g, '+');
  };

  Meteor.http._encodeString = function(str) {
    return encodeURIComponent(str).replace(/[!'()]/g, escape).replace(/\*/g, "%2A");
  };

  Meteor.http._buildUrl = function(before_qmark, from_qmark, opt_query, opt_params) {
    var url_without_query = before_qmark;
    var query = from_qmark ? from_qmark.slice(1) : null;

    if (typeof opt_query === "string")
      query = String(opt_query);

    if (opt_params) {
      query = query || "";
      var prms = Meteor.http._encodeParams(opt_params);
      if (query && prms)
        query += '&';
      query += prms;
    }

    var url = url_without_query;
    if (query !== null)
      url += ("?"+query);

    return url;
  };

  // Fill in `response.data` if the content-type is JSON.
  Meteor.http._populateData = function(response) {
    // Read Content-Type header, up to a ';' if there is one.
    // A typical header might be "application/json; charset=utf-8"
    // or just "application/json".
    var contentType = (response.headers['content-type'] || ';').split(';')[0];

    // Only try to parse data as JSON if server sets correct content type.
    if (_.include(['application/json', 'text/javascript'], contentType)) {
      try {
        response.data = JSON.parse(response.content);
      } catch (err) {
        response.data = null;
      }
    } else {
      response.data = null;
    }
  };

  Meteor.http.get = function (/* varargs */) {
    return Meteor.http.call.apply(this, ["GET"].concat(_.toArray(arguments)));
  };
  Meteor.http.post = function (/* varargs */) {
    return Meteor.http.call.apply(this, ["POST"].concat(_.toArray(arguments)));
  };
  Meteor.http.put = function (/* varargs */) {
    return Meteor.http.call.apply(this, ["PUT"].concat(_.toArray(arguments)));
  };
  Meteor.http.del = function (/* varargs */) {
    return Meteor.http.call.apply(this, ["DELETE"].concat(_.toArray(arguments)));
  };


})();