Support a form-data POST API

Closes #54

lib/document_handler.js

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 var winston = require('winston');
+var Busboy = require('busboy');
 
 // For handling serving stored documents
 
@@ -47,15 +48,15 @@ DocumentHandler.prototype.handleRawGet = function(key, response, skipExpire) {
 };
 
 // Handle adding a new Document
-DocumentHandler.prototype.handlePost = function(request, response) {
+DocumentHandler.prototype.handlePost = function (request, response) {
   var _this = this;
   var buffer = '';
   var cancelled = false;
-  request.on('data', function(data) {
+
-    if (!buffer) {
+  // What to do when done
-      response.writeHead(200, { 'content-type': 'application/json' });
+  var onSuccess = function () {
-    }
+    // Check length
-    buffer += data.toString();
+    console.log(buffer);
     if (_this.maxLength && buffer.length > _this.maxLength) {
       cancelled = true;
       winston.warn('document >maxLength', { maxLength: _this.maxLength });
@@ -63,14 +64,14 @@ DocumentHandler.prototype.handlePost = function(request, response) {
       response.end(
         JSON.stringify({ message: 'Document exceeds maximum length.' })
       );
+      return;
     }
-  });
+    // And then save if we should
-  request.on('end', function(end) {
+    _this.chooseKey(function (key) {
-    if (cancelled) return;
+      _this.store.set(key, buffer, function (res) {
-    _this.chooseKey(function(key) {
-      _this.store.set(key, buffer, function(res) {
         if (res) {
           winston.verbose('added document', { key: key });
+          response.writeHead(200, { 'content-type': 'application/json' });
           response.end(JSON.stringify({ key: key }));
         }
         else {
@@ -80,12 +81,37 @@ DocumentHandler.prototype.handlePost = function(request, response) {
         }
       });
     });
+  };
+
+  // If we should, parse a form to grab the data
+  var ct = request.headers['content-type'];
+  if (ct && ct.split(';')[0] === 'multipart/form-data') {
+    var busboy = new Busboy({ headers: request.headers });
+    busboy.on('field', function (fieldname, val) {
+      if (fieldname === 'data') {
+        buffer = val;
+      }
     });
-  request.on('error', function(error) {
+    busboy.on('finish', function () {
+      onSuccess();
+    });
+    request.pipe(busboy);
+  // Otherwise, use our own and just grab flat data from POST body
+  } else {
+    request.on('data', function (data) {
+      buffer += data.toString();
+    });
+    request.on('end', function () {
+      if (cancelled) { return; }
+      onSuccess();
+    });
+    request.on('error', function (error) {
       winston.error('connection error: ' + error.message);
       response.writeHead(500, { 'content-type': 'application/json' });
       response.end(JSON.stringify({ message: 'Connection error.' }));
+      cancelled = true;
     });
+  }
 };
 
 // Keep choosing keys until one isn't taken

package.json

@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
     "connect": "1.9.2",
     "redis-url": "0.1.0",
     "redis": "0.8.1",
-    "uglify-js": "1.3.3"
+    "uglify-js": "1.3.3",
+    "busboy": "0.2.4"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "mocha": "*",