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// Copyright 1994-2025 WIT.COM Inc Licensed GPL 3.0

package httppb

import (
	"bytes"
	"io/ioutil"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
	"os"
	"os/user"
)

func HttpPost(baseURL string, route string, data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
	// Fix using url.JoinPath (Best Practice)
	tmpURL, _ := url.Parse(baseURL)    // "http://forge.grid.wit.com:2520")
	finalURL := tmpURL.JoinPath(route) // Correctly produces ...:2520/patches

	var err error
	var req *http.Request

	req, err = http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, finalURL.String(), bytes.NewBuffer(data))
	if req == nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	username := os.Getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_NAME")
	if username == "" {
		usr, _ := user.Current()
		username = usr.Username
	}
	req.Header.Set("author", username)
	hostname, _ := os.Hostname()
	req.Header.Set("hostname", hostname)

	return PostReq(req)
}

// Posts a reqest and returns the bytes returned
func PostReq(req *http.Request) ([]byte, error) {
	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, err := client.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		return []byte("client.Do(req) error"), err
	}
	defer resp.Body.Close()

	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	if err != nil {
		return body, err
	}

	return body, nil
}