Collection of helper functions for use with the nodejs axios module which does web posts/gets
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- 4/15/20
Methods
(inner) calcAxiosOptions()
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Internal function we use when performing axios requests. Currently we use this to bypass https errors on bad certificates
Returns:
an object which options for Axios get/post
(async, inner) getCatchError(url)
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Perform a get and just wrap the axios get to catch errors and embed error in response data
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
url |
string |
Returns:
response
(async, inner) postAxiosGetResponseDataCatchError(url, postData)
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Post to the url and get the response. Importantly, while axios throws errors when it gets a 403, 401, etc., we do not -- instead we catch the error and embed it in the {data.error} field of the response
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
url |
string | url to post to |
postData |
object | data to post |
Returns:
the response object