components_tasks_PostTask.bs

import "pkg:/source/api/baserequest.bs"
import "pkg:/source/utils/misc.bs"

sub init()
    m.top.functionName = "postItems"
end sub

' Main function for PostTask.
' Posts either an array of data
' or a string of data to an API endpoint.
' Saves the response information
sub postItems()
    if m.top.apiUrl = ""
        print "ERROR in PostTask. Invalid API URL provided"
        return
    end if
    if m.top.arrayData.count() > 0 and m.top.stringData = ""
        print "PostTask Started - Posting array to " + m.top.apiUrl
        req = APIRequest(m.top.apiUrl)
        req.SetRequest("POST")
        httpResponse = asyncPost(req, FormatJson(m.top.arrayData))
        m.top.responseCode = httpResponse
        print "PostTask Finished. " + m.top.apiUrl + " Response = " + httpResponse.toStr()
    else if m.top.arrayData.count() = 0 and m.top.stringData <> ""
        print "PostTask Started - Posting string(" + m.top.stringData + ") to " + m.top.apiUrl
        req = APIRequest(m.top.apiUrl)
        req.SetRequest("POST")
        httpResponse = asyncPost(req, m.top.stringData)
        m.top.responseCode = httpResponse
        print "PostTask Finished. " + m.top.apiUrl + " Response = " + httpResponse.toStr()
    else
        print "ERROR processing data for PostTask"
    end if
end sub

' Post data and wait for response code
function asyncPost(req, data = "" as string) as integer
    ' response code 0 means there was an error
    respCode = 0

    req.setMessagePort(CreateObject("roMessagePort"))
    req.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
    req.AsyncPostFromString(data)
    ' wait up to m.top.timeoutSeconds for a response
    ' NOTE: wait() uses milliseconds - multiply by 1000 to convert
    resp = wait(m.top.timeoutSeconds * 1000, req.GetMessagePort())

    respString = resp.GetString()
    if isValidAndNotEmpty(respString)
        m.top.responseBody = ParseJson(respString)
        print "m.top.responseBody=", m.top.responseBody
    end if

    respCode = resp.GetResponseCode()
    if respCode < 0
        ' there was an unexpected error
        m.top.failureReason = resp.GetFailureReason()
    else if respCode >= 200 and respCode < 300
        ' save response headers if they're available
        m.top.responseHeaders = resp.GetResponseHeaders()
    end if

    return respCode
end function

' Revert PostTask to default state
sub empty()
    ' These should match the defaults set in PostTask.xml
    m.top.apiUrl = ""
    m.top.timeoutSeconds = 30

    m.top.arrayData = {}
    m.top.stringData = ""

    m.top.responseCode = invalid
    m.top.responseBody = {}
    m.top.responseHeaders = {}
    m.top.failureReason = ""
end sub