const getContent = function(url) {
// return new pending promise
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
// select http or https module, depending on reqested url
const lib = url.startsWith('https') ? require('https') : require('http');
const request = lib.get(url, (response) => {
// handle http errors
if (response.statusCode < 200 || response.statusCode > 299) {
reject(new Error('Failed to load page, status code: ' + response.statusCode));
}
// temporary data holder
const body = [];
// on every content chunk, push it to the data array
response.on('data', (chunk) => body.push(chunk));
// we are done, resolve promise with those joined chunks
response.on('end', () => resolve(body.join('')));
});
// handle connection errors of the request
request.on('error', (err) => reject(err))
})
};