Method: Browser::HTTP::Request#send

Defined in:
opal/browser/http/request.rb

#send(parameters = @parameters) ⇒ Response

Send the request with optional parameters.

Parameters:

  • parameters (String, Hash) (defaults to: @parameters) —

    the data to send

Returns:

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# File 'opal/browser/http/request.rb', line 261

def send(parameters = @parameters)
  raise 'the request has not been opened' unless opened?

  raise 'the request has already been sent' if sent?

  # try to circumvent caching setting an If-Modified-Since header with a very
  # old date
  unless cacheable?
    `#@native.setRequestHeader("If-Modified-Since", "Tue, 11 Sep 2001 12:46:00 GMT")`
  end

  @headers.each {|name, value|
    `#@native.setRequestHeader(#{name.to_s}, #{value.to_s})`
  }

  if @content_type
    header  = @content_type
    header += "; charset=#{@encoding}" if @encoding

    `#@native.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', header)`
  end

  if binary?
    if Buffer.supported?
      `#@native.responseType = 'arraybuffer'`
    else
      `#@native.overrideMimeType('text/plain; charset=x-user-defined')`
    end
  end

  if mime_type && !binary?
    `#@native.overrideMimeType(#@mime_type)`
  end

  @sent     = true
  @response = Response.new(self)

  if String === parameters
    data = parameters
  elsif (Hash === parameters && !parameters.empty?) || FormData === parameters
    data = if Hash === parameters
      if FormData.contain_files?(parameters)
        FormData.build_form_data(parameters)
      else
        FormData.build_query(parameters)
      end
    else #if FormData === parameters
      parameters
    end

    unless @content_type
      if FormData === data
        # I thought it's done this way, but it isn't. It actually is
        # "multipart/form-data; boundary=-----------.......". Let's miss it
        # purposefully, because it's filled in automatically in this example.
        # `#@native.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'multipart/form-data')`
      else
        `#@native.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')`
      end
    end

    data = data.to_n
  else
    data = `null`
  end

  `#@native.send(#{data})`

  @response
end