Utility function to make http requests in nodejs.

request.js

const http = require("http");
const https = require("https");

function omitKey(object, key) {
	const { [key]: _, ...objectWithoutSelectedKey } = object;
	return objectWithoutSelectedKey;
}

const request = function(url, options = {}) {
	const handler = url.startsWith("https") ? https : http;
	let body;
	if (!options.method) {
		options.method = "GET";
	} else if (options.hasOwnProperty("body")) {
		body = options.body;
		options = omitKey(options, "body");
	}
	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
		const req = handler
			.request(url, options, res => {
				// Reference: https://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_http_request_url_options_callback
				let data = "";
				res.on("data", chunk => (data += chunk));
				res.on("end", () => resolve(data));
			})
			.on("error", err => {
				console.log("Error: " + err.message);
				reject(err);
			});
		if (options.method !== "GET" && body) {
			req.write(body);
		}
		req.end();
	});
};

request.get = (url, options) => request(url, { ...options, method: "GET" });

request.post = (url, body, options) =>
	request(url, { ...options, method: "POST", body });

request.put = (url, body, options) => request(url, { ...options, method: "PUT", body });

request.patch = (url, body, options) =>
	request(url, { ...options, method: "PATCH", body });

request.delete = (url, options) => request(url, { ...options, method: "DELETE" });

module.exports = request;