smartrequest/ts/smartrequest.binaryrest.ts
2022-02-15 18:53:02 +01:00

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// this file implements methods to get and post binary data.
import * as interfaces from './smartrequest.interfaces';
import { request } from './smartrequest.request';
import * as plugins from './smartrequest.plugins';
export const getBinary = async (
domainArg: string,
optionsArg: interfaces.ISmartRequestOptions = {}
) => {
optionsArg = {
...optionsArg,
autoJsonParse: false,
};
const done = plugins.smartpromise.defer();
const response = await request(domainArg, optionsArg, true);
const data: Array<Buffer> = [];
response
.on('data', function (chunk: Buffer) {
data.push(chunk);
})
.on('end', function () {
//at this point data is an array of Buffers
//so Buffer.concat() can make us a new Buffer
//of all of them together
const buffer = Buffer.concat(data);
response.body = buffer;
done.resolve();
});
await done.promise;
return response;
};