0-http-requests.md

Http requests samples

http-request-digest.js

// https://www.npmjs.com/package/request-digest

const securos = require('securos');
var digestRequest = require('request-digest')('root', '1iss!1iss!');

securos.connect(async function (core) {
    core.registerEventHandler("CAM", "*", "VCA_EVENT", eventSender);

    async function eventSender(e) {
        //console.log(e);

        const grabber = await core.getObject('CAM', e.sourceId);
        if (e.params.description == "NN fallen person detector") {
            console.log("test");
            core.doReact("VNS", "1", "PLAY_WAV", { file: '\\Wav\\fallen_person.mp3' });
            digestRequest.request({
                host: 'http://192.168.0.171',
                path: '/axis-cgi/playclip.cgi?location=fallen_person.mp3&repeat=0&volume=100',
                port: 80,
                method: 'GET',
                headers: {
                    'Custom-Header': 'OneValue',
                    'Other-Custom-Header': 'OtherValue'
                }
            }, function (error, response, body) {
                if (error) {
                    throw error;
                }
                console.log(body);
            });
        }
    }
})

node-http-request.js

const http = require('http');
const options = {
  host: "127.0.0.1",
  port: "3001",
  path: '/',
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Basic cG9jY2VzYTpjb29wZWFsaWFuemE=",
    "Cache-Control": "no-cache",
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Content-Length': myJSONObject.length
  }
};

const req = http.request(options, (res) => {
  let data = '';

  console.log('Status Code:', res.statusCode);

  res.on('data', (chunk) => {
    data += chunk;
  });

  res.on('end', () => {
    console.log('Body: ', JSON.parse(data));
  });

}).on("error", (err) => {
  console.log("Error: ", err.message);
});

req.write(myJSONObject);
req.end();