Function APIRequest

Controllers/NanoleafController/NanoleafController.cpp:13–85

#include "httplib.h"

long APIRequest(std::string method, std::string location, std::string URI, json* request_data = nullptr, json* response_data = nullptr)
{
    /*-------------------------------------------------------------*\
    | Append http:// to the location field to create the URL        |
    \*-------------------------------------------------------------*/
    const std::string url("http://" + location);

    /*-------------------------------------------------------------*\
    | Create httplib Client and variables to hold result            |
    \*-------------------------------------------------------------*/
    httplib::Client client(url.c_str());
    int             status  = 0;
    std::string     body    = "";

    /*-------------------------------------------------------------*\
    | Perform the appropriate call for the given method             |
    \*-------------------------------------------------------------*/
    if(method == "GET")
    {
        httplib::Result result = client.Get(URI.c_str());

        status  = result->status;
        body    = result->body;
    }
    else if(method == "PUT")
    {
        if(request_data)
        {
            httplib::Result result = client.Put(URI.c_str(), request_data->dump(), "application/json");

            status  = result->status;
            body    = result->body;
        }
        else
        {
            httplib::Result result = client.Put(URI.c_str());

            status  = result->status;
            body    = result->body;
        }
    }
    else if(method == "DELETE")
    {
        httplib::Result result = client.Delete(URI.c_str());

        status  = result->status;
        body    = result->body;
    }
    else if(method == "POST")
    {
        httplib::Result result = client.Post(URI.c_str());

        status  = result->status;
        body    = result->body;
    }

    /*-------------------------------------------------------------*\
    | If status is in the 200 range the request was successful      |