Step 3: Creating a HarperDB client to make secure requests

Author: colbyfayock

src/lib/harperdb.js

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+/**
+ * harperClient
+ */
+
+export async function harperClient(body) {
+  const requestOptions = {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: {
+      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+      'Authorization': `Basic ${process.env.HARPER_API_KEY}`,
+    },
+    body: JSON.stringify(body),
+    redirect: 'follow',
+  }
+
+  const response = await fetch(process.env.HARPER_DATABASE_URL, requestOptions);
+  const result = await response.text();
+
+  return JSON.parse(result, (key, value) => {
+    if ( !isNaN(Date.parse(value)) ) {
+      return new Date(value);
+    }
+    return value;
+  });
+}