import { GitlabGroup } from './gitlab.classes.group';
import * as plugins from './gitlab.plugins';

export class GitlabAccount {
  public static createAnonymousAccount() {
    return new GitlabAccount();
  }

  // INSTANCE
  public async getGroupByName(nameArg: string): Promise<GitlabGroup> {
    return GitlabGroup.getByName(nameArg, this);
  }


  /**
   * handles the basic request/response patterns with the gitlab.com API
   */
  public async request (methodArg: 'GET' | 'POST', routeArg: string, searchParamsArg: {[key: string]: string}) {
    if(!routeArg.startsWith('/')) {
      throw new Error(`"${routeArg}" -> routeArg must start with a slash`);
    }
    const smarturlInstance = plugins.smarturl.Smarturl.createFromUrl(`https://gitlab.com/api/v4${routeArg}`, {
      searchParams: searchParamsArg
    });
    const response = await plugins.smartrequest.request(smarturlInstance.toString(), {
      method: methodArg
    });

    // lets deal with pagination headers
    const fintLinkName = (markup) => {
      const pattern = /<([^\s>]+)(\s|>)+/;
      return markup.match(pattern)[1];
    };
    if (typeof response.headers.link === 'string') {
      const links = response.headers.link.split(',');
      const linkObjects: {
        original: string;
        link: string;
      }[] = [];
    }
    return response.body;
  }
}