Movies Provider

import { Fetcher, makeSimpleProxyFetcher, makeProviders, makeStandardFetcher, targets} from "movies-provider";

Fetcher

Fetcher is a type that represents a function that makes a request to a URL and returns a response. It's a generic term for a function that "fetches" data from a URL. In this code, a Fetcher function takes two parameter

• a: likely the URL to fetch
• b: likely options for the fetch request (e.g., headers, method, body)

The Fetcher function returns a response, which is an object with properties like body, finalUrl, statusCode, and headers

makeSimpleProxyFetcher

makeSimpleProxyFetcher is a function that creates a new Fetcher function. It takes two parameters:

• proxyUrl: the URL of a proxy server
• fetchFunction: a Fetcher function to use for making the actual request

The makeSimpleProxyFetcher function returns a new Fetcher function that:

• Uses the provided proxyUrl to make the request
• Uses the provided fetchFunction to make the actual request to the proxy URL
• Returns the response from the proxy URL

In essence, makeSimpleProxyFetcher creates a Fetcher function that acts as a proxy between the caller and the actual request. This allows for load balancing, caching, or other proxy-related functionality to be added to the request process.

makeSimpleProxyFetcher is used to create a load-balanced proxy fetcher, which randomly selects a proxy URL from a list and uses it to make the request.

makeProviders

makeProviders is a function that creates a Providers object, which is a collection of functions for making requests to a specific target (e.g., browser, extension). It takes an options object with the following properties:

• fetcher: a Fetcher function for making requests
• target: the target of the requests (e.g., targets.BROWSER or targets.BROWSER_EXTENSION)
• proxiedFetcher: an optional Fetcher function for making proxied requests
• consistentIpForRequests: a boolean indicating whether to use a consistent IP address for requests

makeStandardFetcher

makeStandardFetcher is a function that creates a Fetcher function using the provided fetch function (e.g., the native browser fetch function). This Fetcher function makes standard requests to the target.

targets

targets is an object with properties representing different targets for requests, such as:

• targets.BROWSER: the browser itself
• targets.BROWSER_EXTENSION: a browser extension

These targets determine how requests are made and which Fetcher function is used.

getProviders returns a Providers object based on whether the extension is active or not. If the extension is active, it uses makeExtensionFetcher as the fetcher. Otherwise, it uses makeStandardFetcher as the fetcher and makeLoadBalancedSimpleProxyFetcher as the proxiedFetcher.

I know description was not intresting as per you think 😅. But this is what it is.

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