Remove http.cat. fixes nodejs#1447

mikeal · bnoordhuis · commit 584ae7b08477 · 2011-08-16T01:24:41.000+02:00
diff --git a/lib/http2.js b/lib/http2.js
@@ -1491,85 +1491,3 @@ exports.Client = Client;
 exports.createClient = function(port, host) {
   return new Client(port, host);
 };
-
-exports.cat = function(url, encoding_, headers_) {
-  var encoding = 'utf8';
-  var headers = {};
-  var callback = null;
-
-  console.error("http.cat will be removed in the near future. use http.get");
-
-  // parse the arguments for the various options... very ugly
-  if (typeof(arguments[1]) == 'string') {
-    encoding = arguments[1];
-    if (typeof(arguments[2]) == 'object') {
-      headers = arguments[2];
-      if (typeof(arguments[3]) == 'function') callback = arguments[3];
-    } else {
-      if (typeof(arguments[2]) == 'function') callback = arguments[2];
-    }
-  } else {
-    // didn't specify encoding
-    if (typeof(arguments[1]) == 'object') {
-      headers = arguments[1];
-      callback = arguments[2];
-    } else {
-      callback = arguments[1];
-    }
-  }
-
-  var url = require('url').parse(url);
-
-  var hasHost = false;
-  if (Array.isArray(headers)) {
-    for (var i = 0, l = headers.length; i < l; i++) {
-      if (headers[i][0].toLowerCase() === 'host') {
-        hasHost = true;
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-  } else if (typeof headers === 'Object') {
-    var keys = Object.keys(headers);
-    for (var i = 0, l = keys.length; i < l; i++) {
-      var key = keys[i];
-      if (key.toLowerCase() == 'host') {
-        hasHost = true;
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  if (!hasHost) headers['Host'] = url.hostname;
-
-  var content = '';
-
-  var path = (url.pathname || '/') + (url.search || '') + (url.hash || '');
-  var callbackSent = false;
-  var req = exports.request({port: url.port || 80, host: url.hostname, path: path}, function(res) {
-    if (res.statusCode < 200 || res.statusCode >= 300) {
-      if (callback && !callbackSent) {
-        callback(res.statusCode);
-        callbackSent = true;
-      }
-      client.end();
-      return;
-    }
-    res.setEncoding(encoding);
-    res.addListener('data', function(chunk) { content += chunk; });
-    res.addListener('end', function() {
-      if (callback && !callbackSent) {
-        callback(null, content);
-        callbackSent = true;
-      }
-    });
-  });
-
-
-  req.addListener('error', function(err) {
-    if (callback && !callbackSent) {
-      callback(err);
-      callbackSent = true;
-    }
-  });
-
-  req.end();
-};
diff --git a/test/simple/test-http-cat.js b/test/simple/test-http-cat.js
diff --git a/test/simple/test-http-chunked.js b/test/simple/test-http-chunked.js
@@ -37,16 +37,23 @@ var server = http.createServer(function(req, res) {
   res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain; charset=utf8'});
   res.end(UTF8_STRING, 'utf8');
 });
-server.listen(common.PORT);
+server.listen(common.PORT, function() {
+  var data = '';
+  var get = http.get({path:'/', host:'localhost', port:common.PORT}, function (x) {
+    x.setEncoding('utf8')
+    x.on('data', function (c) {data += c});
+    x.on('error', function (e) {
+      throw e;
+    })
+    x.on('end', function () {
+      assert.equal('string', typeof data);
+      console.log('here is the response:');
+      assert.equal(UTF8_STRING, data);
+      console.log(data);
+      server.close();
+    })
+  })
+  get.on('error', function (e) {throw e});
+  get.end();
 
-server.addListener('listening', function() {
-  http.cat('http://127.0.0.1:' + common.PORT + '/', 'utf8',
-           function(err, data) {
-             if (err) throw err;
-             assert.equal('string', typeof data);
-             console.log('here is the response:');
-             assert.equal(UTF8_STRING, data);
-             console.log(data);
-             server.close();
-           });
 });
diff --git a/test/simple/test-http-set-timeout.js b/test/simple/test-http-set-timeout.js
@@ -41,10 +41,11 @@ server.listen(common.PORT, function() {
     throw new Error('Timeout was not sucessful');
   }, 2000);
 
-  var url = 'http://localhost:' + common.PORT + '/';
-
-  http.cat(url, 'utf8', function(err, content) {
+  var x = http.get({port:common.PORT, path:'/'});
+  x.on('error', function () {
     clearTimeout(errorTimer);
     console.log('HTTP REQUEST COMPLETE (this is good)');
-  });
+  })
+  x.end();
+
 });
