R/req-template.R

In httr2: Perform HTTP Requests and Process the Responses

#' Set request method/path from a template
#'
#' @description
#' Many APIs document their methods with a lightweight template mechanism
#' that looks like `GET /user/{user}` or `POST /organisation/:org`. This
#' function makes it easy to copy and paste such snippets and retrieve template
#' variables either from function arguments or the current environment.
#'
#' `req_template()` will append to the existing path so that you can set a
#' base url in the initial [request()]. This means that you'll generally want
#' to avoid multiple `req_template()` calls on the same request.
#'
#' @inheritParams req_perform
#' @param template A template string which consists of a optional HTTP method
#'   and a path containing variables labelled like either `:foo` or `{foo}`.
#' @param ... Template variables.
#' @param .env Environment in which to look for template variables not found
#'   in `...`. Expert use only.
#' @returns A modified HTTP [request].
#' @export
#' @examples
#' httpbin <- request(example_url())
#'
#' # You can supply template parameters in `...`
#' httpbin |> req_template("GET /bytes/{n}", n = 100)
#'
#' # or you retrieve from the current environment
#' n <- 200
#' httpbin |> req_template("GET /bytes/{n}")
#'
#' # Existing path is preserved:
#' httpbin_test <- request(example_url()) |> req_url_path("/test")
#' name <- "id"
#' value <- "a3fWa"
#' httpbin_test |> req_template("GET /set/{name}/{value}")
req_template <- function(req, template, ..., .env = parent.frame()) {
  check_request(req)
  check_string(template)

  pieces <- strsplit(template, " ")[[1]]
  if (length(pieces) == 1) {
    template <- pieces[[1]]
  } else if (length(pieces) == 2) {
    req <- req_method(req, pieces[[1]])
    template <- pieces[[2]]
  } else {
    cli::cli_abort(c(
      "Can't parse template {.arg template}.",
      i = "Should have form like 'GET /a/b/c' or 'a/b/c/'."
    ))
  }

  dots <- list2(...)
  if (length(dots) > 0 && !is_named(dots)) {
    cli::cli_abort("All elements of {.arg ...} must be named.")
  }

  path <- template_process(template, dots, .env)
  req_url_path_append(req, path)
}

template_process <- function(template,
                             dots = list(),
                             env = parent.frame(),
                             error_call = caller_env()) {
  type <- template_type(template)
  vars <- template_vars(template, type)
  vals <- map_chr(vars, template_val, dots = dots, env = env, error_call = error_call)

  for (i in seq_along(vars)) {
    pattern <- switch(type,
      colon = paste0(":", vars[[i]]),
      uri = paste0("{", vars[[i]], "}")
    )
    template <- gsub(pattern, vals[[i]], template, fixed = TRUE)
  }
  template
}

template_val <- function(name, dots, env, error_call = caller_env()) {
  if (has_name(dots, name)) {
    val <- dots[[name]]
  } else if (env_has(env, name, inherit = TRUE)) {
    val <- env_get(env, name, inherit = TRUE)
  } else {
    cli::cli_abort(
      "Can't find template variable {.str {name}}.",
      call = error_call
    )
  }

  if (!is.atomic(val) || length(val) != 1) {
    cli::cli_abort(
      "Template variable {.str {name}} is not a simple scalar value.",
      call = error_call
    )
  }
  as.character(val)
}

template_vars <- function(x, type) {
  if (type == "none") return(character())

  pattern <- switch(type,
    colon = ":([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)",
    uri = "\\{(\\w+?)\\}"
  )
  loc <- gregexpr(pattern, x, perl = TRUE)[[1]]
  start <- attr(loc, "capture.start")
  end <- start + attr(loc, "capture.length") - 1
  substring(x, start, end)
}

template_type <- function(x) {
  if (grepl(":", x)) {
    "colon"
  } else if (grepl("\\{\\w+?\\}", x)) {
    "uri"
  } else {
    "none"
  }
}