package.json

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
     "sequelize-cli": "^3.0.0-3",
     "sleep": "^5.1.1",
     "universal-analytics": "^0.4.13",
+    "whatwg-fetch": "^2.0.3",
     "winston": "^2.3.1",
     "winston-slack-webhook": "billbitt/winston-slack-webhook"
   },

public/assets/js/validationFunctions.js

@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ const validationFunctions = {
     isChannelNameAvailable: function (name) {
         return this.isNameAvailable(name, '/api/channel-is-available/');
     },
-    isClaimNameAvailable: function (name) {
-        return this.isNameAvailable(name, '/api/claim-is-available/')
-      },
     isNameAvailable: function (name, apiUrl) {
         console.log('isNameAvailable?', name);
         const url = apiUrl + name;

react/containers/ChannelCreateForm/view.jsx

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import ProgressBar from 'components/ProgressBar';
-import { makeGetRequest, makePostRequest } from 'utils/xhr';
+import request from 'utils/request';
 
 class ChannelCreateForm extends React.Component {
   constructor (props) {
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class ChannelCreateForm extends React.Component {
   updateIsChannelAvailable (channel) {
     const that = this;
     const channelWithAtSymbol = `@${channel}`;
-    makeGetRequest(`/api/channel-is-available/${channelWithAtSymbol}`)
+    request(`/api/channel-is-available/${channelWithAtSymbol}`)
       .then(isAvailable => {
         if (isAvailable) {
           that.setState({'error': null});
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class ChannelCreateForm extends React.Component {
   checkIsChannelAvailable (channel) {
     const channelWithAtSymbol = `@${channel}`;
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      makeGetRequest(`/api/channel-is-available/${channelWithAtSymbol}`)
+      request(`/api/channel-is-available/${channelWithAtSymbol}`)
         .then(isAvailable => {
           console.log('checkIsChannelAvailable result:', isAvailable);
           if (!isAvailable) {
@@ -82,10 +82,17 @@ class ChannelCreateForm extends React.Component {
       resolve();
     });
   }
-  makePublishChannelRequest (channel, password) {
-    const params = `username=${channel}&password=${password}`;
+  makePublishChannelRequest (username, password) {
+    const params = {
+      method : 'POST',
+      body   : JSON.stringify({username, password}),
+      headers: new Headers({
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+      }),
+      credentials: 'include',
+    };
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      makePostRequest('/signup', params)
+      request('/signup', params)
         .then(result => {
           console.log('makePublishChannelRequest result:', result);
           return resolve(result);

react/containers/ChannelLoginForm/view.jsx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import { makePostRequest } from 'utils/xhr';
+import request from 'utils/request';
 
 class ChannelLoginForm extends React.Component {
   constructor (props) {
@@ -19,15 +19,22 @@ class ChannelLoginForm extends React.Component {
   }
   loginToChannel (event) {
     event.preventDefault();
-    const params = `username=${this.state.name}&password=${this.state.password}`;
+    const params = {
+      method : 'POST',
+      body   : JSON.stringify({username: this.state.name, password: this.state.password}),
+      headers: new Headers({
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+      }),
+      credentials: 'include',
+    }
     const that = this;
-    makePostRequest('login', params)
-      .then(result => {
-        console.log('loginToChannel result:', result);
-        if (result.success) {
-          that.props.onChannelLogin(result.channelName, result.shortChannelId, result.channelClaimId);
+    request('login', params)
+      .then(({success, channelName, shortChannelId, channelClaimId, message}) => {
+        console.log('loginToChannel success:', success);
+        if (success) {
+          that.props.onChannelLogin(channelName, shortChannelId, channelClaimId);
         } else {
-          that.setState({'error': result.message});
+          that.setState({'error': message});
         };
       })
       .catch(error => {

react/containers/NavBar/view.jsx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import { authenticateUser } from 'utils/auth';
+import request from 'utils/request';
 import Logo from 'components/Logo';
 import NavBarChannelDropdown from 'components/NavBarChannelOptionsDropdown';
 
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ class NavBar extends React.Component {
   }
   checkForLoggedInUser () {
     // check for whether a channel is already logged in
-    authenticateUser()
+    const params = {
+      credentials: 'include',
+    }
+    request('/user', params)
       .then(({success, message}) => {
         if (success) {
           this.props.onChannelLogin(message.channelName, message.shortChannelId, message.channelClaimId);

react/containers/PublishForm/view.jsx

@@ -16,18 +16,21 @@ class PublishForm extends React.Component {
     this.publish = this.publish.bind(this);
   }
   validateChannelSelection () {
+    console.log('validating channel selection');
     // make sure all required data is provided
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       // if publishInChannel is true, is a channel selected & logged in?
       if (this.props.publishInChannel && (this.props.selectedChannel !== this.props.loggedInChannel.name)) {
         // update state with error
-        this.props.onChannelSelectionError('Select a channel or Anonymous');
+        this.props.onChannelSelectionError('Log in to a channel or select Anonymous"');
         // reject this promise
         return reject(new Error('Fix the channel'));
       }
+      resolve();
     });
   }
   validatePublishParams () {
+    console.log('validating publish params');
     // make sure all required data is provided
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       // is there a file?
@@ -41,11 +44,11 @@ class PublishForm extends React.Component {
       if (this.props.urlError) {
         return reject(new Error('Fix the url'));
       }
-      // is the claim available?
       resolve();
     });
   }
   makePublishRequest (file, metadata) {
+    console.log('making publish request');
     const uri = '/api/claim-publish';
     const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
     const fd = this.appendDataToFormData(file, metadata);
@@ -84,6 +87,7 @@ class PublishForm extends React.Component {
     xhr.send(fd);
   }
   createMetadata () {
+    console.log('creating metadata');
     let metadata = {
       name       : this.props.claim,
       title      : this.props.title,
@@ -103,18 +107,19 @@ class PublishForm extends React.Component {
     fd.append('file', file);
     for (var key in metadata) {
       if (metadata.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
-        console.log(key, metadata[key]);
+        console.log('adding form data', key, metadata[key]);
         fd.append(key, metadata[key]);
       }
     }
     return fd;
   }
   publish () {
+    console.log('publishing file');
     // publish the asset
     const that = this;
     this.validateChannelSelection()
       .then(() => {
-        return that.validatePublishRequest();
+        return that.validatePublishParams();
       })
       .then(() => {
         const metadata = that.createMetadata();

react/containers/PublishUrlInput/view.jsx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import {makeGetRequest} from 'utils/xhr';
+import request from 'utils/request';
 import UrlMiddle from 'components/PublishUrlMiddleDisplay';
 
 class PublishUrlInput extends React.Component {
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ class PublishUrlInput extends React.Component {
   }
   checkClaimIsAvailable (claim) {
     const that = this;
-    makeGetRequest(`/api/claim-is-available/${claim}`)
-      .then(response => {
-        console.log('makeGetRequest response:', response);
-        if (response) {
+    request(`/api/claim-is-available/${claim}`)
+      .then(isAvailable => {
+        // console.log('checkClaimIsAvailable request response:', isAvailable);
+        if (isAvailable) {
           that.props.onUrlError(null);
         } else {
           that.props.onUrlError('That url has already been claimed');

react/utils/auth.js

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-import {makeGetRequest} from 'utils/xhr';
-
-module.exports = {
-  authenticateUser () {
-    // send request to server & receive the user info back
-    return makeGetRequest('/user');
-  },
-};

react/utils/request.js

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/**
+ * Parses the JSON returned by a network request
+ *
+ * @param  {object} response A response from a network request
+ *
+ * @return {object}          The parsed JSON from the request
+ */
+function parseJSON (response) {
+  if (response.status === 204 || response.status === 205) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  return response.json();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Checks if a network request came back fine, and throws an error if not
+ *
+ * @param  {object} response   A response from a network request
+ *
+ * @return {object|undefined} Returns either the response, or throws an error
+ */
+function checkStatus (response) {
+  if (response.status >= 200 && response.status < 300) {
+    return response;
+  }
+
+  const error = new Error(response.statusText);
+  error.response = response;
+  throw error;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Requests a URL, returning a promise
+ *
+ * @param  {string} url       The URL we want to request
+ * @param  {object} [options] The options we want to pass to "fetch"
+ *
+ * @return {object}           The response data
+ */
+export default function request (url, options) {
+  return fetch(url, options)
+    .then(checkStatus)
+    .then(parseJSON);
+}

react/utils/xhr.js

@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = {
-  makeGetRequest (url) {
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      let xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
-      xhttp.open('GET', url, true);
-      xhttp.responseType = 'json';
-      xhttp.onreadystatechange = () => {
-        if (xhttp.readyState === 4) {
-          console.log('makeGetRequest response:', xhttp.response);
-          resolve(xhttp.response);
-        };
-      };
-      xhttp.send();
-    });
-  },
-  makePostRequest (url, params) {
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      let xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
-      xhttp.open('POST', url, true);
-      xhttp.responseType = 'json';
-      xhttp.setRequestHeader('Content-type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
-      xhttp.onreadystatechange = () => {
-        if (xhttp.readyState === 4) {
-          console.log('makePostRequest response:', xhttp.response);
-          resolve(xhttp.response);
-        };
-      };
-      xhttp.send(params);
-    });
-  },
-}

webpack.config.js

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const Path = require('path');
 const REACT_ROOT = Path.resolve(__dirname, 'react/');
 
 module.exports = {
-  entry : './react/app.js',
+  entry : ['whatwg-fetch', './react/app.js'],
   output: {
     path    : Path.join(__dirname, '/public/bundle/'),
     filename: 'bundle.js',