caccl-send-request

The default request sender used throughout the CACCL project.

Part of the CACCL library

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Description

Sends an http request, handles paging, retries failed requests, and processes the response.

Argument | Type | Description | Default :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- host | string | host to send the request to | none path | string | path to send the request to | none method | string | http method to use | GET params | object | query/body/data to include in the request | {} headers | object | headers to include in the request | {} numRetries | number | number of times to retry the request if it fails | 0 ignoreSSLIssues | boolean | if true, ignores self-signed certificate issues | false usually, true if host is localhost:8088

Returns: Promise.<CACCLError|object> Returns promise that resolves with { body, status, headers } on success, rejects with CACCLError (see caccl-error on npm) on failure.

Note: This function sends cross-origin credentials if process.env.NODE_ENV equals development.