node.js support, via npm package 'xmlhttprequest'

Fixes #29

Author: hdgarrood

src/Network/HTTP/Affjax.js

@@ -1,14 +1,52 @@
-/* jshint browser: true */
 /* global exports */
+/* global XMLHttpRequest */
+/* global require */
+/* global module */
 "use strict";
 
 // module Network.HTTP.Affjax
 
 // jshint maxparams: 5
 exports._ajax = function (mkHeader, options, canceler, errback, callback) {
+  var platformSpecific = { };
+  if (typeof module !== "undefined" && module.exports) {
+    // We are on node.js
+    platformSpecific.newXHR = function () {
+      var XHR = require("xmlhttprequest").XMLHttpRequest;
+      return new XHR();
+    };
+
+    platformSpecific.fixupUrl = function (url) {
+      var urllib = require("url");
+      var u = urllib.parse(url);
+      u.protocol = u.protocol || "http:";
+      u.hostname = u.hostname || "localhost";
+      return urllib.format(u);
+    };
+
+    platformSpecific.getResponse = function (xhr) {
+      // the node package 'xmlhttprequest' does not support xhr.response.
+      return xhr.responseText;
+    };
+  } else {
+    // We are in the browser
+    platformSpecific.newXHR = function () {
+      return new XMLHttpRequest();
+    };
+
+    platformSpecific.fixupUrl = function (url) {
+      return url || "/";
+    };
+
+    platformSpecific.getResponse = function (xhr) {
+      return xhr.response;
+    };
+  }
+
   return function () {
-    var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
-    xhr.open(options.method || "GET", options.url || "/", true, options.username, options.password);
+    var xhr = platformSpecific.newXHR();
+    var fixedUrl = platformSpecific.fixupUrl(options.url);
+    xhr.open(options.method || "GET", fixedUrl, true, options.username, options.password);
     if (options.headers) {
       for (var i = 0, header; (header = options.headers[i]) != null; i++) {
         xhr.setRequestHeader(header.field, header.value);
@@ -28,7 +66,7 @@ exports._ajax = function (mkHeader, options, canceler, errback, callback) {
             var i = header.indexOf(":");
             return mkHeader(header.substring(0, i))(header.substring(i + 2));
           }),
-        response: xhr.response
+        response: platformSpecific.getResponse(xhr)
       })();
     };
     xhr.responseType = options.responseType;