Possibly a little bit of a necromancing post here, but...
here's a function that follows up to 10 redirects, and detects infinite redirect loops. also parses result into JSON
Note - uses a callback helper (shown at the end of this post)
( TLDR; full working demo in context here or remixed-version here)
function getJSON(url,cb){
var callback=errBack(cb);
//var callback=errBack(cb,undefined,false);//replace previous line with this to turn off logging
if (typeof url!=='string') {
return callback.error("getJSON:expecting url as string");
}
if (typeof cb!=='function') {
return callback.error("getJSON:expecting cb as function");
}
var redirs = [url],
fetch = function(u){
callback.info("hitting:"+u);
https.get(u, function(res){
var body = [];
callback.info({statusCode:res.statusCode});
if ([301,302].indexOf(res.statusCode)>=0) {
if (redirs.length>10) {
return callback.error("excessive 301/302 redirects detected");
} else {
if (redirs.indexOf(res.headers.location)<0) {
redirs.push(res.headers.location);
return fetch(res.headers.location);
} else {
return callback.error("301/302 redirect loop detected");
}
}
} else {
res.on('data', function(chunk){
body.push(chunk);
callback.info({onData:{chunkSize:chunk.length,chunks:body.length}});
});
res.on('end', function(){
try {
// convert to a single buffer
var json = Buffer.concat(body);
console.info({onEnd:{chunks:body.length,bodyLength:body.length}});
// parse the buffer as json
return callback.result(JSON.parse(json),json);
} catch (err) {
console.error("exception in getJSON.fetch:",err.message||err);
if (json.length>32) {
console.error("json==>|"+json.toString('utf-8').substr(0,32)+"|<=== ... (+"+(json.length-32)+" more bytes of json)");
} else {
console.error("json==>|"+json.toString('utf-8')+"|<=== json");
}
return callback.error(err,undefined,json);
}
});
}
});
};
fetch(url);
}
Note - uses a callback helper (shown below)
you can paste this into the node console and it should run as is.
( or for full working demo in context see here )
var
fs = require('fs'),
https = require('https');
function errBack (cb,THIS,logger) {
var
self,
EB=function(fn,r,e){
if (logger===false) {
fn.log=fn.info=fn.warn=fn.errlog=function(){};
} else {
fn.log = logger?logger.log : console.log.bind(console);
fn.info = logger?logger.info : console.info.bind(console);
fn.warn = logger?logger.warn : console.warn.bind(console);
fn.errlog = logger?logger.error : console.error.bind(console);
}
fn.result=r;
fn.error=e;
return (self=fn);
};
if (typeof cb==='function') {
return EB(
logger===false // optimization when not logging - don't log errors
? function(err){
if (err) {
cb (err);
return true;
}
return false;
}
: function(err){
if (err) {
self.errlog(err);
cb (err);
return true;
}
return false;
},
function () {
return cb.apply (THIS,Array.prototype.concat.apply([undefined],arguments));
},
function (err) {
return cb.apply (THIS,Array.prototype.concat.apply([typeof err==='string'?new Error(err):err],arguments));
}
);
} else {
return EB(
function(err){
if (err) {
if (typeof err ==='object' && err instanceof Error) {
throw err;
} else {
throw new Error(err);
}
return true;//redundant due to throw, but anyway.
}
return false;
},
logger===false
? self.log //optimization :resolves to noop when logger==false
: function () {
self.info("ignoring returned arguments:",Array.prototype.concat.apply([],arguments));
},
function (err) {
throw typeof err==='string'?new Error(err):err;
}
);
}
}
function getJSON(url,cb){
var callback=errBack(cb);
if (typeof url!=='string') {
return callback.error("getJSON:expecting url as string");
}
if (typeof cb!=='function') {
return callback.error("getJSON:expecting cb as function");
}
var redirs = [url],
fetch = function(u){
callback.info("hitting:"+u);
https.get(u, function(res){
var body = [];
callback.info({statusCode:res.statusCode});
if ([301,302].indexOf(res.statusCode)>=0) {
if (redirs.length>10) {
return callback.error("excessive 302 redirects detected");
} else {
if (redirs.indexOf(res.headers.location)<0) {
redirs.push(res.headers.location);
return fetch(res.headers.location);
} else {
return callback.error("302 redirect loop detected");
}
}
} else {
res.on('data', function(chunk){
body.push(chunk);
console.info({onData:{chunkSize:chunk.length,chunks:body.length}});
});
res.on('end', function(){
try {
// convert to a single buffer
var json = Buffer.concat(body);
callback.info({onEnd:{chunks:body.length,bodyLength:body.length}});
// parse the buffer as json
return callback.result(JSON.parse(json),json);
} catch (err) {
// read with "bypass refetch" option
console.error("exception in getJSON.fetch:",err.message||err);
if (json.length>32) {
console.error("json==>|"+json.toString('utf-8').substr(0,32)+"|<=== ... (+"+(json.length-32)+" more bytes of json)");
} else {
console.error("json==>|"+json.toString('utf-8')+"|<=== json");
}
return callback.error(err,undefined,json);
}
});
}
});
};
fetch(url);
}
var TLDs,TLDs_fallback = "com.org.tech.net.biz.info.code.ac.ad.ae.af.ag.ai.al.am.ao.aq.ar.as.at.au.aw.ax.az.ba.bb.bd.be.bf.bg.bh.bi.bj.bm.bn.bo.br.bs.bt.bv.bw.by.bz.ca.cc.cd.cf.cg.ch.ci.ck.cl.cm.cn.co.cr.cu.cv.cw.cx.cy.cz.de.dj.dk.dm.do.dz.ec.ee.eg.er.es.et.eu.fi.fj.fk.fm.fo.fr.ga.gb.gd.ge.gf.gg.gh.gi.gl.gm.gn.gp.gq.gr.gs.gt.gu.gw.gy.hk.hm.hn.hr.ht.hu.id.ie.il.im.in.io.iq.ir.is.it.je.jm.jo.jp.ke.kg.kh.ki.km.kn.kp.kr.kw.ky.kz.la.lb.lc.li.lk.lr.ls.lt.lu.lv.ly.ma.mc.md.me.mg.mh.mk.ml.mm.mn.mo.mp.mq.mr.ms.mt.mu.mv.mw.mx.my.mz.na.nc.ne.nf.ng.ni.nl.no.np.nr.nu.nz.om.pa.pe.pf.pg.ph.pk.pl.pm.pn.pr.ps.pt.pw.py.qa.re.ro.rs.ru.rw.sa.sb.sc.sd.se.sg.sh.si.sj.sk.sl.sm.sn.so.sr.st.su.sv.sx.sy.sz.tc.td.tf.tg.th.tj.tk.tl.tm.tn.to.tr.tt.tv.tw.tz.ua.ug.uk.us.uy.uz.va.vc.ve.vg.vi.vn.vu.wf.ws.ye.yt.za.zm.zw".split(".");
var TLD_url = "https://gitcdn.xyz/repo/umpirsky/tld-list/master/data/en/tld.json";
var TLD_cache = "./tld.json";
var TLD_refresh_msec = 15 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
var TLD_last_msec;
var TLD_default_filter=function(dom){return dom.substr(0,3)!="xn-"};
function getTLDs(cb,filter_func){
if (typeof cb!=='function') return TLDs;
var
read,fetch,
CB_WRAP=function(tlds){
return cb(
filter_func===false
? cb(tlds)
: tlds.filter(
typeof filter_func==='function'
? filter_func
: TLD_default_filter)
);
},
check_mtime = function(mtime) {
if (Date.now()-mtime > TLD_refresh_msec) {
return fetch();
}
if (TLDs) return CB_WRAP (TLDs);
return read();
};
fetch = function(){
getJSON(TLD_url,function(err,data){
if (err) {
console.log("exception in getTLDs.fetch:",err.message||err);
return read(true);
} else {
TLDs=Object.keys(data);
fs.writeFile(TLD_cache,JSON.stringify(TLDs),function(err){
if (err) {
// ignore save error, we have the data
CB_WRAP(TLDs);
} else {
// get mmtime for the file we just made
fs.stat(TLD_cache,function(err,stats){
if (!err && stats) {
TLD_last_msec = stats.mtimeMs;
}
CB_WRAP(TLDs);
});
}
});
}
});
};
read=function(bypassFetch) {
fs.readFile(TLD_cache,'utf-8',function(err,json){
try {
if (err) {
if (bypassFetch) {
// after a http errror, we fallback to hardcoded basic list of tlds
// if the disk file is not readable
console.log("exception in getTLDs.read.bypassFetch:",err.messsage||err);
throw err;
}
// if the disk read failed, get the data from the CDN server instead
return fetch();
}
TLDs=JSON.parse(json);
if (bypassFetch) {
// we need to update stats here as fetch called us directly
// instead of being called by check_mtime
return fs.stat(TLD_cache,function(err,stats){
if (err) return fetch();
TLD_last_msec =stats.mtimeMs;
return CB_WRAP(TLDs);
});
}
} catch (e){
// after JSON error, if we aren't in an http fail situation, refetch from cdn server
if (!bypassFetch) {
return fetch();
}
// after a http,disk,or json parse error, we fallback to hardcoded basic list of tlds
console.log("exception in getTLDs.read:",err.messsage||err);
TLDs=TLDs_fallback;
}
return CB_WRAP(TLDs);
});
};
if (TLD_last_msec) {
return check_mtime(TLD_last_msec);
} else {
fs.stat(TLD_cache,function(err,stats){
if (err) return fetch();
TLD_last_msec =stats.mtimeMs;
return check_mtime(TLD_last_msec);
});
}
}
getTLDs(console.log.bind(console));