Better requestWithFeedback

gistfile1.txt

var m = require('mithril');

function requestWithFeedback(args) {
    var completed = m.prop(false);
    var complete = function() {
        completed(true);
    }
    var data = m.prop();

    args.background = true

    if (args.config) {
        var suppliedConfig = args.config;
    }
    args.config = function (xhr) {
        xhr.timeout = 30000;
        xhr.ontimeout = function() {
            complete();
        }
        suppliedConfig(xhr);
    }

    return {
        promise: m.request(args).then(function (stuff) {
            complete();
            data(stuff);
            return stuff;
        }),
        ready: completed,
        data: data
    }
}

module.exports = requestWithFeedback;