Function get

src/http.rs:19–55

A simplistic function that wraps around the behaviour of an http get-request as defined in `curl`. As the library gets more complete, a more complete and complex approach might be needed.

(user: &str, url: &str, opts: Option<Vec<(&str, &str)>>)

/// As the library gets more complete, a more complete and complex
/// approach might be needed.
pub fn get<R: Decodable>(user: &str, url: &str, opts: Option<Vec<(&str, &str)>>) -> Result<(Vec<R>, Response), ClientError> {
    // Creating an empty request with header info needed for all requests.
    let mut handle = curl_http::handle();
    let mut request = handle.get(url)
        .header("User-Agent", user).header("Accept", API_ACCEPT_HEADER);

    // In case extre header options are needed,
    // it can be defined and given via the `opts` parameter.
    if opts.is_some() {
        for (name, val) in opts.unwrap() {
            request = request.header(name, val);
        }
    }

    // Executing the actual request via curl and storing the response.
    let response = request.exec().unwrap();
    // Retrieving the status code from the response object.
    let status_code = response.get_code();

    // Decoding the header and body in a controlled fashion,
    // throwing an error in case something went wrong internally,
    // replacing a panic, or when a response was negative.
    if !check_status_code(status_code) {
        return RequestError::new(status_code, response.get_body());
    }
    let raw_body = match str::from_utf8(response.get_body()) {
        Ok(raw_body) => raw_body,
        Err(e) => return InternalError::new(&format!("{}", e)),
    };
    match json::decode(raw_body) {
        Ok(b) => {
            let body: Vec<R> = b;
            Ok((body, Response::populate(response.get_headers())))
        },
        Err(e) => InternalError::new(&format!("{}", e)),
    }
}