/** * helpers.js * * Additional state-less helper methods. */ /** * Makes a AJAX request, streaming each line as it arrives. Type should be text/plain, * each line will be interpreted as JSON separately. * * @param path The path to connect to. * @param callback A callback with a JSON payload. Called for every line as it comes. * @param successCallback A callback with a raw text payload. * @param failCallback A fail callback. Optional. * @param data POST data. Optional. */ export function stream_ajax (path, callback, successCallback, failCallback, data) { const req = new XMLHttpRequest() console.log('Making streaming HTTP request to ' + path) req.addEventListener('load', function () { // The server can sometimes return a string error. Make sure we handle this. if (this.status === 200) { successCallback(this.responseText) } else { failCallback(this.responseText) } }) let buffer = '' let seenBytes = 0 req.onreadystatechange = function () { if (req.readyState > 2) { buffer += req.responseText.substr(seenBytes) let pointer while ((pointer = buffer.indexOf('\n')) >= 0) { const line = buffer.substring(0, pointer).trim() buffer = buffer.substring(pointer + 1) if (line.length === 0) { continue } const contents = JSON.parse(line) callback(contents) } seenBytes = req.responseText.length } } req.addEventListener('error', failCallback) req.open(data == null ? 'GET' : 'POST', path + '?nocache=' + Date.now(), true) // Rocket only currently supports URL encoded forms. req.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded') if (data != null) { let form = '' for (const key in data) { if (!data[key]) { continue } if (form !== '') { form += '&' } form += encodeURIComponent(key) + '=' + encodeURIComponent(data[key]) } req.send(form) } else { req.send() } }