1 // Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
7 * Simple utilities for making XHRs more pleasant.
12 /** @suppress {duplicate} */
13 var remoting = remoting || {};
15 /** Namespace for XHR functions */
17 remoting.xhr = remoting.xhr || {};
20 * Takes an associative array of parameters and urlencodes it.
22 * @param {Object.<string>} paramHash The parameter key/value pairs.
23 * @return {string} URLEncoded version of paramHash.
25 remoting.xhr.urlencodeParamHash = function(paramHash) {
27 for (var key in paramHash) {
28 paramArray.push(encodeURIComponent(key) +
29 '=' + encodeURIComponent(paramHash[key]));
31 if (paramArray.length > 0) {
32 return paramArray.join('&');
38 * Execute an XHR GET asynchronously.
40 * @param {string} url The base URL to GET, excluding parameters.
41 * @param {function(XMLHttpRequest):void} onDone The function to call on
43 * @param {(string|Object.<string>)=} opt_parameters The request parameters,
44 * either as an associative array, or a string. If it is a string, do
45 * not include the ? and be sure it is correctly URLEncoded.
46 * @param {Object.<string>=} opt_headers Additional headers to include on the
48 * @param {boolean=} opt_withCredentials Set the withCredentials flags in the
50 * @return {XMLHttpRequest} The request object.
52 remoting.xhr.get = function(url, onDone, opt_parameters, opt_headers,
53 opt_withCredentials) {
54 return remoting.xhr.doMethod('GET', url, onDone, opt_parameters,
55 opt_headers, opt_withCredentials);
59 * Execute an XHR POST asynchronously.
61 * @param {string} url The base URL to POST, excluding parameters.
62 * @param {function(XMLHttpRequest):void} onDone The function to call on
64 * @param {(string|Object.<string>)=} opt_parameters The request parameters,
65 * either as an associative array, or a string. If it is a string, be
66 * sure it is correctly URLEncoded.
67 * @param {Object.<string>=} opt_headers Additional headers to include on the
69 * @param {boolean=} opt_withCredentials Set the withCredentials flags in the
71 * @return {XMLHttpRequest} The request object.
73 remoting.xhr.post = function(url, onDone, opt_parameters, opt_headers,
74 opt_withCredentials) {
75 return remoting.xhr.doMethod('POST', url, onDone, opt_parameters,
76 opt_headers, opt_withCredentials);
80 * Execute an XHR DELETE asynchronously.
82 * @param {string} url The base URL to DELETE, excluding parameters.
83 * @param {function(XMLHttpRequest):void} onDone The function to call on
85 * @param {(string|Object.<string>)=} opt_parameters The request parameters,
86 * either as an associative array, or a string. If it is a string, be
87 * sure it is correctly URLEncoded.
88 * @param {Object.<string>=} opt_headers Additional headers to include on the
90 * @param {boolean=} opt_withCredentials Set the withCredentials flags in the
92 * @return {XMLHttpRequest} The request object.
94 remoting.xhr.remove = function(url, onDone, opt_parameters, opt_headers,
95 opt_withCredentials) {
96 return remoting.xhr.doMethod('DELETE', url, onDone, opt_parameters,
97 opt_headers, opt_withCredentials);
101 * Execute an XHR PUT asynchronously.
103 * @param {string} url The base URL to PUT, excluding parameters.
104 * @param {function(XMLHttpRequest):void} onDone The function to call on
106 * @param {(string|Object.<string>)=} opt_parameters The request parameters,
107 * either as an associative array, or a string. If it is a string, be
108 * sure it is correctly URLEncoded.
109 * @param {Object.<string>=} opt_headers Additional headers to include on the
111 * @param {boolean=} opt_withCredentials Set the withCredentials flags in the
113 * @return {XMLHttpRequest} The request object.
115 remoting.xhr.put = function(url, onDone, opt_parameters, opt_headers,
116 opt_withCredentials) {
117 return remoting.xhr.doMethod('PUT', url, onDone, opt_parameters,
118 opt_headers, opt_withCredentials);
122 * Execute an arbitrary HTTP method asynchronously.
124 * @param {string} methodName The HTTP method name, e.g. "GET", "POST" etc.
125 * @param {string} url The base URL, excluding parameters.
126 * @param {function(XMLHttpRequest):void} onDone The function to call on
128 * @param {(string|Object.<string>)=} opt_parameters The request parameters,
129 * either as an associative array, or a string. If it is a string, be
130 * sure it is correctly URLEncoded.
131 * @param {Object.<string>=} opt_headers Additional headers to include on the
133 * @param {boolean=} opt_withCredentials Set the withCredentials flags in the
135 * @return {XMLHttpRequest} The XMLHttpRequest object.
137 remoting.xhr.doMethod = function(methodName, url, onDone,
138 opt_parameters, opt_headers,
139 opt_withCredentials) {
140 /** @type {XMLHttpRequest} */
141 var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
142 xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
143 if (xhr.readyState != 4) {
149 var parameterString = '';
150 if (typeof(opt_parameters) === 'string') {
151 parameterString = opt_parameters;
152 } else if (typeof(opt_parameters) === 'object') {
153 parameterString = remoting.xhr.urlencodeParamHash(opt_parameters);
154 } else if (opt_parameters === undefined) {
155 // No problem here. Do nothing.
157 throw 'opt_parameters must be string or associated array.';
160 var useBody = (methodName == 'POST') || (methodName == 'PUT');
162 if (!useBody && parameterString != '') {
163 url = url + '?' + parameterString;
166 xhr.open(methodName, url, true);
167 if (methodName == 'POST' &&
168 (typeof opt_headers !== 'object' ||
169 typeof opt_headers['Content-type'] !== 'string')) {
170 xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
172 // Add in request headers.
173 if (typeof(opt_headers) === 'object') {
174 for (var key in opt_headers) {
175 xhr.setRequestHeader(key, opt_headers[key]);
177 } else if (opt_headers === undefined) {
178 // No problem here. Do nothing.
180 throw 'opt_headers must be associative array.';
183 if (opt_withCredentials) {
184 xhr.withCredentials = true;
187 xhr.send(useBody ? parameterString : null);