Ajax.js

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define(function (require) {
    var $ = require('jquery');
    var elgg = require('elgg');
    var spinner = require('elgg/spinner');

    var site_url = elgg.get_site_url(),
        action_base = site_url + 'action/',
        fragment_pattern = /#.*$/,
        query_pattern = /\?.*$/,
        leading_slash_pattern = /^\//,
        slashes_pattern = /(^\/|\/$)/g;

    function Ajax(use_spinner) {

        use_spinner = elgg.isNullOrUndefined(use_spinner) ? true : !!use_spinner;

        var that = this;

        function fetch(options, hook_type) {
            var orig_options,
                params,
                jqXHR,
                metadata_extracted = false,
                error_displayed = false;

            function extract_metadata(data) {
                if (!metadata_extracted) {
                    var m = data._elgg_msgs;
                    if (m && m.error) {
                        elgg.register_error(m.error);
                        error_displayed = true;
                        data.status = -1;
                    } else {
                        data.status = 0;
                    }
                    m && m.success && elgg.system_message(m.success);
                    delete data._elgg_msgs;

                    var deps = data._elgg_deps;
                    deps && deps.length && Ajax._require(deps);
                    delete data._elgg_deps;

                    metadata_extracted = true;
                }
            }

            that._fetch_args = {
                options: options,
                hook_type: hook_type
            };

            hook_type = hook_type || '';

            if (!$.isPlainObject(options)) {
                throw new Error('options must be a plain object with key "url"');
            }
            if (!options.url && hook_type !== 'path:') {
                throw new Error('options must be a plain object with key "url"');
            }

            // ease hook filtering by making these keys always available
            if (options.data === undefined) {
                options.data = {};
            }
            if ($.isPlainObject(options.data)) {
                options.data = options.data || {};
            } else {
                if (typeof options.data !== 'string') {
                    throw new Error('if defined, options.data must be a plain object or string');
                }
            }

            options.dataType = 'json';

            // copy of original options
            orig_options = $.extend({}, options);

            params = {
                options: options
            };
            if (hook_type && typeof options.data !== 'string') {
                options.data = elgg.trigger_hook(Ajax.REQUEST_DATA_HOOK, hook_type, params, options.data);
            }

            // we do this here because hook may have made data non-empty, in which case we'd need to
            // default to POST
            if (!options.method) {
                options.method = 'GET';
                if (options.data && !$.isEmptyObject(options.data)) {
                    options.method = 'POST';
                }
            }

            if (use_spinner) {
                options.beforeSend = function () {
                    orig_options.beforeSend && orig_options.beforeSend.apply(null, arguments);
                    spinner.start();
                };
                options.complete = function () {
                    spinner.stop();
                    orig_options.complete && orig_options.complete.apply(null, arguments);
                };
            }

            if (!options.error) {
                options.error = function (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
                    if (!jqXHR.getAllResponseHeaders()) {
                        // user aborts (like refresh or navigate) do not have headers
                        return;
                    }

                    try {
                        var data = $.parseJSON(jqXHR.responseText);
                        if ($.isPlainObject(data)) {
                            extract_metadata(data);
                        }
                    } catch (e) {
                        if (window.console) {
                            console.warn(e.message);
                        }
                    }

                    if (!error_displayed) {
                        elgg.register_error(elgg.echo('ajax:error'));
                    }
                };
            }

            options.dataFilter = function (data, type) {
                if (type !== 'json') {
                    return data;
                }

                data = $.parseJSON(data);

                extract_metadata(data);

                var params = {
                    options: orig_options
                };
                if (hook_type) {
                    data = elgg.trigger_hook(Ajax.RESPONSE_DATA_HOOK, hook_type, params, data);
                }

                jqXHR.AjaxData = data;

                return JSON.stringify(data.value);
            };

            options.url = elgg.normalize_url(options.url);
            options.headers = {
                'X-Elgg-Ajax-API': '2'
            };

            that._ajax_options = options;

            jqXHR = $.ajax(options);

            return jqXHR;
        }

        this.path = function (path, options) {
            elgg.assertTypeOf('string', path);

            // https://example.org/elgg/foo/?arg=1#bar => foo/?arg=1
            if (path.indexOf(site_url) === 0) {
                path = path.substr(site_url.length);
            }
            path = path.replace(fragment_pattern, '');

            assertNotUrl(path);

            options = options || {};
            options.url = path;

            // /foo/?arg=1 => foo
            path = path.replace(query_pattern, '').replace(slashes_pattern, '');

            return fetch(options, 'path:' + path);
        };

        this.view = function (view, options) {
            elgg.assertTypeOf('string', view);
            if (view === '') {
                throw new Error('view cannot be empty');
            }

            assertNotUrl(view);

            options = options || {};
            options.url = 'ajax/view/' + view;
            options.method = options.method || 'GET';

            // remove query
            view = view.replace(query_pattern, '').replace(slashes_pattern, '');

            return fetch(options, 'view:' + view);
        };

        this.form = function (action, options) {
            elgg.assertTypeOf('string', action);
            if (action === '') {
                throw new Error('action cannot be empty');
            }

            action = action.replace(leading_slash_pattern, '').replace(fragment_pattern, '');

            assertNotUrl(action);

            options = options || {};
            options.url = 'ajax/form/' + action;
            options.method = options.method || 'GET';

            // remove query
            action = action.replace(query_pattern, '').replace(slashes_pattern, '');

            return fetch(options, 'form:' + action);
        };

        this.action = function (action, options) {
            elgg.assertTypeOf('string', action);
            if (action === '') {
                throw new Error('action cannot be empty');
            }

            // https://example.org/elgg/action/foo/?arg=1#bar => foo/?arg=1
            if (action.indexOf(action_base) === 0) {
                action = action.substr(action_base.length);
            }
            action = action.replace(leading_slash_pattern, '').replace(fragment_pattern, '');

            assertNotUrl(action);

            options = options || {};
            options.data = options.data || {};

            // add tokens?
            var m = action.match(/\?(.+)$/);
            if (m && /(^|&)__elgg_ts=/.test(m[1])) {
                // token will be in the URL
            } else {
                options.data = elgg.security.addToken(options.data);
            }

            options.method = options.method || 'POST';
            options.url = 'action/' + action;

            // /foo/?arg=1 => foo
            action = action.replace(query_pattern, '').replace(slashes_pattern, '');

            return fetch(options, 'action:' + action);
        };

        this.objectify = function (el) {
            // http://stackoverflow.com/a/1186309/3779
            var o = {};
            var a = $(el).serializeArray();

            $.each(a, function() {
                if (o[this.name] !== undefined) {
                    if (!o[this.name].push) {
                        o[this.name] = [o[this.name]];
                    }
                    o[this.name].push(this.value || '');
                } else {
                    o[this.name] = this.value || '';
                }
            });

            return o;
        };
    }

    function assertNotUrl(arg) {
        if (/^https?:/.test(arg)) {
            throw new Error('elgg/Ajax cannot be used with external URLs');
        }
    }

    Ajax.REQUEST_DATA_HOOK = 'ajax_request_data';

    Ajax.RESPONSE_DATA_HOOK = 'ajax_response_data';

    Ajax._require = require;

    return Ajax;
});