request.js

var Stream = require('stream');
var Response = require('./response');
var Base64 = require('Base64');
var inherits = require('inherits');

var Request = module.exports = function (xhr, params) {
    var self = this;
    self.writable = true;
    self.xhr = xhr;
    self.body = [];
    
    self.uri = (params.scheme || 'http') + '://'
        + params.host
        + (params.port ? ':' + params.port : '')
        + (params.path || '/')
    ;

    if (typeof params.withCredentials === 'undefined') {
        params.withCredentials = true;
    }

    try { xhr.withCredentials = params.withCredentials }
    catch (e) {}
    
    if (params.responseType) try { xhr.responseType = params.responseType }
    catch (e) {}
    
    xhr.open(
        params.method || 'GET',
        self.uri,
        true
    );

    self._headers = {};
    
    if (params.headers) {
        var keys = objectKeys(params.headers);
        for (var i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
            var key = keys[i];
            if (!self.isSafeRequestHeader(key)) continue;
            var value = params.headers[key];
            self.setHeader(key, value);
        }
    }
    
    if (params.auth) {
        //basic auth
        this.setHeader('Authorization', 'Basic ' + Base64.btoa(params.auth));
    }

    var res = new Response;
    res.on('close', function () {
        self.emit('close');
    });
    
    res.once('ready', function () {
        self.emit('response', res);
    });

    xhr.onreadystatechange = function () {
        // Fix for IE9 bug
        // SCRIPT575: Could not complete the operation due to error c00c023f
        // It happens when a request is aborted, calling the success callback anyway with readyState === 4
        if (xhr.__aborted) return;
        if (xhr.readyState === 4 && xhr.status === 0) {
            // onerror will fire and its an error so there should be no res
            return;
        }
        res.handle(xhr);
    };

    xhr.onerror = function() {
        // http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest/#the-status-attribute
        // there was an error making the request
        // In node, this means the request should emit 'error' and no response
        // should ever be created
        if (xhr.status === 0) {
            // error flag is set so no response should be gotten
            requestError(new Error("XHR is done (state 4) but error flag is set (status 0)"));
            return;
        }
        else if ( ! xhr.status) {
            // If falsy but not 0, it's an IE XDR
            requestError(new Error('XDomainRequest Error'));
            return;
        }

        xhr.error = xhr.error || 'Unknown error';
        res.handle(xhr);

        function requestError(err) {
            self.emit('error', err);
            self.emit('close');
        }
    };

    if (window.XDomainRequest && xhr instanceof window.XDomainRequest) {
        // IE XDomainRequest has onload but not onreadystatechange
        // Raised when the object has been completely received from the server.
        // http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/ms536942(v=vs.85).aspx
        xhr.onload = function() {  // IE XDR
            res.handle(xhr);
        };
        // IE sometimes fails if you don't specify every handler.
        // https://github.com/matthewwithanm/httpplease.js/blob/861b26a9916543ff34963192d734da4c06603d0b/lib/index.js#L94
        xhr.onprogress = function () {};
        xhr.ontimeout = function () {};
    }
};

inherits(Request, Stream);

Request.prototype.setHeader = function (key, value) {
    this._headers[key.toLowerCase()] = value
};

Request.prototype.getHeader = function (key) {
    return this._headers[key.toLowerCase()]
};

Request.prototype.removeHeader = function (key) {
    delete this._headers[key.toLowerCase()]
};

Request.prototype.write = function (s) {
    this.body.push(s);
};

Request.prototype.destroy = function (s) {
    this.xhr.__aborted = true;
    this.xhr.abort();
    this.emit('close');
};

Request.prototype.end = function (s) {
    if (s !== undefined) this.body.push(s);

    var keys = objectKeys(this._headers);
    for (var i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
        var key = keys[i];
        var value = this._headers[key];
        if (isArray(value)) {
            for (var j = 0; j < value.length; j++) {
                this.xhr.setRequestHeader(key, value[j]);
            }
        }
        else this.xhr.setRequestHeader(key, value)
    }

    if (this.body.length === 0) {
        this.xhr.send('');
    }
    else if (typeof this.body[0] === 'string') {
        this.xhr.send(this.body.join(''));
    }
    else if (isArray(this.body[0])) {
        var body = [];
        for (var i = 0; i < this.body.length; i++) {
            body.push.apply(body, this.body[i]);
        }
        this.xhr.send(body);
    }
    else if (/Array/.test(Object.prototype.toString.call(this.body[0]))) {
        var len = 0;
        for (var i = 0; i < this.body.length; i++) {
            len += this.body[i].length;
        }
        var body = new(this.body[0].constructor)(len);
        var k = 0;
        
        for (var i = 0; i < this.body.length; i++) {
            var b = this.body[i];
            for (var j = 0; j < b.length; j++) {
                body[k++] = b[j];
            }
        }
        this.xhr.send(body);
    }
    else {
        var body = '';
        for (var i = 0; i < this.body.length; i++) {
            body += this.body[i].toString();
        }
        this.xhr.send(body);
    }
};

// Taken from http://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/mozilla-central/content/base/src/nsXMLHttpRequest.cpp.html
Request.unsafeHeaders = [
    "accept-charset",
    "accept-encoding",
    "access-control-request-headers",
    "access-control-request-method",
    "connection",
    "content-length",
    "cookie",
    "cookie2",
    "content-transfer-encoding",
    "date",
    "expect",
    "host",
    "keep-alive",
    "origin",
    "referer",
    "te",
    "trailer",
    "transfer-encoding",
    "upgrade",
    "user-agent",
    "via"
];

Request.prototype.isSafeRequestHeader = function (headerName) {
    if (!headerName) return false;
    return indexOf(Request.unsafeHeaders, headerName.toLowerCase()) === -1;
};

var objectKeys = Object.keys || function (obj) {
    var keys = [];
    for (var key in obj) keys.push(key);
    return keys;
};

var isArray = Array.isArray || function (xs) {
    return Object.prototype.toString.call(xs) === '[object Array]';
};

var indexOf = function (xs, x) {
    if (xs.indexOf) return xs.indexOf(x);
    for (var i = 0; i < xs.length; i++) {
        if (xs[i] === x) return i;
    }
    return -1;
};