NetBridge - NetBridge is used for making asynchronous network (ajax) calls on web applications.

• Usage
• Attributes and Methods
• Installation

Usage

let instance = NetBridge.getInstance();

instance.addToRequestQueue({
    url: "https://swapi.co/api/people",
    method: "post",
    data: {
        userID: 2
    },
    dataType: 'JSON',
    queue: function () {
        console.log('comment', 'I am a post request and am waiting');
    },
    beforeSend: function () {
        console.log('comment', 'I am a post request and I ran beforeSend');
    },
    success: (data, status, xhr) => {
        console.info('success:', {data: data, status: status, xhr: xhr});
    },
    error: (data, xhr, status, statusText) => {
        console.error('error:', {data: data, xhr: xhr, status: status, statusText: statusText});
    },
    complete: (data, xhr, status) => {
        console.debug('complete:', {data: data, xhr: xhr, status: status});
    }
});

instance.addToRequestQueue({
    url: "https://swapi.co/api/people/2",
    method: "get",
    queue: function () {
        console.log('comment', 'I am a get request and am waiting');
    },
    beforeSend: function () {
        console.log('comment', 'I am a get request and I ran beforeSend');
    },
    success: (data, status, xhr) => {
        console.info('success:', {data: data, status: status, xhr: xhr});
    },
    error: (data, xhr, status, statusText) => {
        console.error('error:', {data: data, xhr: xhr, status: status, statusText: statusText});
    },
    complete: (data, xhr, status) => {
        console.debug('complete:', {data: data, xhr: xhr, status: status});
    }
});

NetBridge.getInstance() returns a singleton from which you can use the addToRequestQueue(...) method to queue up requests that are to be dispatched asynchronously, making network calls easier on your browser.

Attributes and Methods

NetBridge accepts similar attributes as the regular JQuery $.ajax method.

• id - This is a unique identifier for every request. If not defined, NetBridge will assign it the available index in the queue.

• url - This defines the url to the endpoint being called.

• method - This defines the request method you wish to use.

• data - This defines the payload being sent to the server.

• processData - This defines a boolean which when true tells NetBridge to process data being sent to the server or otherwise.

• timeout - This defines a time after which the request should be aborted if not complete already. (Time must be passed in milliseconds as int data type).

• cache - This defines a boolean which when true tells NetBridge to cache the request or otherwise.

• headers - This defines an object of headers being sent to the server.

• responseHeaders - This defines a function which will receive as array of headers sent from the server.

• dataType - This defines the data type expected from the server response.

• xhr - This defines a function using to receive an object of the current XMLHttpRequest.

• contentType - This defines the content type being sent to the server. (If not needed, set to false or do not define).

• queue - This defines a function to be ran when the request is not dispatched immediately but queued for later execution.

• beforeSend - This defines a function to be ran just before your request is sent to the server.

• cancel - This defines a function to be ran when the request is cancelled.

• abort - This defines a function to be ran when the request is aborted.

• ontimeout - This defines a functions to be ran when the request times out.

• complete - This defines a function to be ran when the request is completed, regardless of a failure or success. It accepts 3 params, the first param receives the server response, the second param receives an object of the current XMLHttpRequest while the third param receives the server response status.

• success - This defines a function to be ran when the request is successful. It accepts 3 params, the first param receives the server response, the second param receives the server response status, while the third receives an object of the current XMLHttpRequest.

• error - This defines a function to be ran if an error occurs. It accepts 4 params, the first param receives the server response, the second param receives an object of the current XMLHttpRequest, the third param receives the server response status, while the fourth param receives the request status text.

NetBridge's addToRequestQueue(...) method mentioned above also returns an object which can later be used to setup event listeners such done(...), fail(...) and always(...)

• done(...) - This method is similar to the success attribute mentioned above. It takes a function as an argument, in which is to receive the params as the success function.

• fail(...) - This method is similar to the error attribute mentioned above. It takes a function as an argument, in which is to receive the params as the error function.

• always(...) - This method is similar to the complete attribute mentioned above. It takes a function as an argument, in which is to receive the params as the complete function.

The NetBridge instance also has 3 more methods, which are getRequestQueue(), finally(...) and reDispatch(..., ...)

• getRequestQueue() - This method returns a list of all queue requests.

• finally(...) - This method is ran each time all the request in the request queue has been dispatched. The method takes a function as an argument, this function would receive a stack of all response data from all recently dispatched request.

• reDispatch(..., ...) - This method is used to re-dispatch a previously queued request using the request id. The method takes 2 params as an argument, the first param defines the id of the request to be re-dispatched, while the second optional param takes an object containing attribute to be overridden in the previous request.

Installing NetBridge

NetBridge can be install via npm

npm install iamwizzdom/net-bridge