const pify = require("util").promisify;
const http = require("http");
const hostname = "jsonplaceholder.typicode.com";
const failEndpoint = "/todos/2";
const goodEndpoint = "/todos/4";
let options = {
method: "get",
path: `${failEndpoint}`,
hostname
};
async function ping(tries = 0) {
return new Promise((res) => {
const req = http.request(options, async (response) => {
let body = new Buffer(0);
response.on("data", (chunk) => {
body = Buffer.concat([body, chunk]);
})
const on = pify(response.on.bind(response));
await on("end");
let decoded = new Buffer(body, 'base64').toString('utf8')
let json = JSON.parse(decoded);
if (json.completed) {
return res("all good");
}
if (tries < 3) {
console.log(`retrying ${tries + 1} time`);
return res(ping(tries + 1));
}
return res("failed");
})
req.on('error', (e) => {
console.error(`problem with request: ${e.message}`);
});
// write data to request body
req.end();
})
}
const status = await ping();
"status: " + status
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