Class: Request

LuCI. Request

The Request class allows initiating HTTP requests and provides utilities for dealing with responses.

new LuCI.Request()

Classes

poll

Methods

addInterceptor(interceptorFn){LuCI.Request.interceptorFn}

Register an HTTP response interceptor function. Interceptor functions are useful to perform default actions on incoming HTTP responses, such as checking for expired authentication or for implementing request retries before returning a failure.

Name Type Description
interceptorFn LuCI.Request.interceptorFn

The interceptor function to register.

Returns:
Type Description
LuCI.Request.interceptorFn The registered function.

expandURL(url){string}

Turn the given relative URL into an absolute URL if necessary.

Name Type Description
url string

The URL to convert.

Returns:
Type Description
string The absolute URL derived from the given one, or the original URL if it already was absolute.

get(target, options){Promise.<LuCI.Response>}

Initiate an HTTP GET request to the given target.

Name Type Description
target string

The URL to request.

options LuCI.Request.RequestOptions optional

Additional options to configure the request.

Returns:
Type Description
Promise.<LuCI.Response> The resulting HTTP response.

post(target, data, options){Promise.<LuCI.Response>}

Initiate an HTTP POST request to the given target.

Name Type Description
target string

The URL to request.

data * optional

The request data to send, see LuCI.Request.RequestOptions for details.

options LuCI.Request.RequestOptions optional

Additional options to configure the request.

Returns:
Type Description
Promise.<LuCI.Response> The resulting HTTP response.

removeInterceptor(interceptorFn){boolean}

Remove an HTTP response interceptor function. The passed function value must be the very same value that was used to register the function.

Name Type Description
interceptorFn LuCI.Request.interceptorFn

The interceptor function to remove.

Returns:
Type Description
boolean Returns true if any function has been removed, else false.

request(target, options){Promise.<LuCI.Response>}

Initiate an HTTP request to the given target.

Name Type Description
target string

The URL to request.

options LuCI.Request.RequestOptions optional

Additional options to configure the request.

Returns:
Type Description
Promise.<LuCI.Response> The resulting HTTP response.

Type Definitions

LuCI.Request.interceptorFn(res)

Interceptor functions are invoked whenever an HTTP reply is received, in the order these functions have been registered.

Name Type Description
res LuCI.Response

The HTTP response object

LuCI.Request.RequestOptionsObject

Properties:
Name Type Argument Default Description
method string <optional>
GET

The HTTP method to use, e.g. GET or POST.

query Object.<string, (Object|string)> <optional>

Query string data to append to the URL. Non-string values of the given object will be converted to JSON.

cache boolean <optional>
false

Specifies whether the HTTP response may be retrieved from cache.

username string <optional>

Provides a username for HTTP basic authentication.

password string <optional>

Provides a password for HTTP basic authentication.

timeout number <optional>

Specifies the request timeout in seconds.

credentials boolean <optional>
false

Whether to include credentials such as cookies in the request.

responseType string <optional>
text

Overrides the request response type. Valid values or text to interpret the response as UTF-8 string or blob to handle the response as binary Blob data.

content * <optional>

Specifies the HTTP message body to send along with the request. If the value is a function, it is invoked and the return value used as content, if it is a FormData instance, it is used as-is, if it is an object, it will be converted to JSON, in all other cases it is converted to a string.

header Object.<string, string> <optional>

Specifies HTTP headers to set for the request.

progress function <optional>

An optional request callback function which receives ProgressEvent instances as sole argument during the HTTP request transfer.