matrix-js-sdk/src/http-api.js

/*
Copyright 2015, 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
Copyright 2019 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.
*/

/**
 * This is an internal module. See {@link MatrixHttpApi} for the public class.
 * @module http-api
 */

import {parse as parseContentType} from "content-type";
import * as utils from "./utils";
import {logger} from './logger';

// we use our own implementation of setTimeout, so that if we get suspended in
// the middle of a /sync, we cancel the sync as soon as we awake, rather than
// waiting for the delay to elapse.
import * as callbacks from "./realtime-callbacks";

/*
TODO:
- CS: complete register function (doing stages)
- Identity server: linkEmail, authEmail, bindEmail, lookup3pid
*/

/**
 * A constant representing the URI path for release 0 of the Client-Server HTTP API.
 */
export const PREFIX_R0 = "/_matrix/client/r0";

/**
 * A constant representing the URI path for as-yet unspecified Client-Server HTTP APIs.
 */
export const PREFIX_UNSTABLE = "/_matrix/client/unstable";

/**
 * URI path for v1 of the the identity API
 * @deprecated Use v2.
 */
export const PREFIX_IDENTITY_V1 = "/_matrix/identity/api/v1";

/**
 * URI path for the v2 identity API
 */
export const PREFIX_IDENTITY_V2 = "/_matrix/identity/v2";

/**
 * URI path for the media repo API
 */
export const PREFIX_MEDIA_R0 = "/_matrix/media/r0";

/**
 * Construct a MatrixHttpApi.
 * @constructor
 * @param {EventEmitter} event_emitter The event emitter to use for emitting events
 * @param {Object} opts The options to use for this HTTP API.
 * @param {string} opts.baseUrl Required. The base client-server URL e.g.
 * 'http://localhost:8008'.
 * @param {Function} opts.request Required. The function to call for HTTP
 * requests. This function must look like function(opts, callback){ ... }.
 * @param {string} opts.prefix Required. The matrix client prefix to use, e.g.
 * '/_matrix/client/r0'. See PREFIX_R0 and PREFIX_UNSTABLE for constants.
 *
 * @param {boolean} opts.onlyData True to return only the 'data' component of the
 * response (e.g. the parsed HTTP body). If false, requests will return an
 * object with the properties <tt>code</tt>, <tt>headers</tt> and <tt>data</tt>.
 *
 * @param {string} opts.accessToken The access_token to send with requests. Can be
 * null to not send an access token.
 * @param {Object=} opts.extraParams Optional. Extra query parameters to send on
 * requests.
 * @param {Number=} opts.localTimeoutMs The default maximum amount of time to wait
 * before timing out the request. If not specified, there is no timeout.
 * @param {boolean} [opts.useAuthorizationHeader = false] Set to true to use
 * Authorization header instead of query param to send the access token to the server.
 */
export function MatrixHttpApi(event_emitter, opts) {
    utils.checkObjectHasKeys(opts, ["baseUrl", "request", "prefix"]);
    opts.onlyData = opts.onlyData || false;
    this.event_emitter = event_emitter;
    this.opts = opts;
    this.useAuthorizationHeader = Boolean(opts.useAuthorizationHeader);
    this.uploads = [];
}

MatrixHttpApi.prototype = {
    /**
     * Sets the baase URL for the identity server
     * @param {string} url The new base url
     */
    setIdBaseUrl: function(url) {
        this.opts.idBaseUrl = url;
    },

    /**
     * Get the content repository url with query parameters.
     * @return {Object} An object with a 'base', 'path' and 'params' for base URL,
     *          path and query parameters respectively.
     */
    getContentUri: function() {
        const params = {
            access_token: this.opts.accessToken,
        };
        return {
            base: this.opts.baseUrl,
            path: "/_matrix/media/r0/upload",
            params: params,
        };
    },

    /**
     * Upload content to the Home Server
     *
     * @param {object} file The object to upload. On a browser, something that
     *   can be sent to XMLHttpRequest.send (typically a File).  Under node.js,
     *   a Buffer, String or ReadStream.
     *
     * @param {object} opts  options object
     *
     * @param {string=} opts.name   Name to give the file on the server. Defaults
     *   to <tt>file.name</tt>.
     *
     * @param {boolean=} opts.includeFilename if false will not send the filename,
     *   e.g for encrypted file uploads where filename leaks are undesirable.
     *   Defaults to true.
     *
     * @param {string=} opts.type   Content-type for the upload. Defaults to
     *   <tt>file.type</tt>, or <tt>applicaton/octet-stream</tt>.
     *
     * @param {boolean=} opts.rawResponse Return the raw body, rather than
     *   parsing the JSON. Defaults to false (except on node.js, where it
     *   defaults to true for backwards compatibility).
     *
     * @param {boolean=} opts.onlyContentUri Just return the content URI,
     *   rather than the whole body. Defaults to false (except on browsers,
     *   where it defaults to true for backwards compatibility). Ignored if
     *   opts.rawResponse is true.
     *
     * @param {Function=} opts.callback Deprecated. Optional. The callback to
     *    invoke on success/failure. See the promise return values for more
     *    information.
     *
     * @param {Function=} opts.progressHandler Optional. Called when a chunk of
     *    data has been uploaded, with an object containing the fields `loaded`
     *    (number of bytes transferred) and `total` (total size, if known).
     *
     * @return {Promise} Resolves to response object, as
     *    determined by this.opts.onlyData, opts.rawResponse, and
     *    opts.onlyContentUri.  Rejects with an error (usually a MatrixError).
     */
    uploadContent: function(file, opts) {
        if (utils.isFunction(opts)) {
            // opts used to be callback
            opts = {
                callback: opts,
            };
        } else if (opts === undefined) {
            opts = {};
        }

        // default opts.includeFilename to true (ignoring falsey values)
        const includeFilename = opts.includeFilename !== false;

        // if the file doesn't have a mime type, use a default since
        // the HS errors if we don't supply one.
        const contentType = opts.type || file.type || 'application/octet-stream';
        const fileName = opts.name || file.name;

        // We used to recommend setting file.stream to the thing to upload on
        // Node.js. As of 2019-06-11, this is still in widespread use in various
        // clients, so we should preserve this for simple objects used in
        // Node.js. File API objects (via either the File or Blob interfaces) in
        // the browser now define a `stream` method, which leads to trouble
        // here, so we also check the type of `stream`.
        let body = file;
        if (body.stream && typeof body.stream !== "function") {
            logger.warn(
                "Using `file.stream` as the content to upload. Future " +
                "versions of the js-sdk will change this to expect `file` to " +
                "be the content directly.",
            );
            body = body.stream;
        }

        // backwards-compatibility hacks where we used to do different things
        // between browser and node.
        let rawResponse = opts.rawResponse;
        if (rawResponse === undefined) {
            if (global.XMLHttpRequest) {
                rawResponse = false;
            } else {
                logger.warn(
                    "Returning the raw JSON from uploadContent(). Future " +
                    "versions of the js-sdk will change this default, to " +
                    "return the parsed object. Set opts.rawResponse=false " +
                    "to change this behaviour now.",
                );
                rawResponse = true;
            }
        }

        let onlyContentUri = opts.onlyContentUri;
        if (!rawResponse && onlyContentUri === undefined) {
            if (global.XMLHttpRequest) {
                logger.warn(
                    "Returning only the content-uri from uploadContent(). " +
                    "Future versions of the js-sdk will change this " +
                    "default, to return the whole response object. Set " +
                    "opts.onlyContentUri=false to change this behaviour now.",
                );
                onlyContentUri = true;
            } else {
                onlyContentUri = false;
            }
        }

        // browser-request doesn't support File objects because it deep-copies
        // the options using JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(options)). Instead of
        // loading the whole file into memory as a string and letting
        // browser-request base64 encode and then decode it again, we just
        // use XMLHttpRequest directly.
        // (browser-request doesn't support progress either, which is also kind
        // of important here)

        const upload = { loaded: 0, total: 0 };
        let promise;

        // XMLHttpRequest doesn't parse JSON for us. request normally does, but
        // we're setting opts.json=false so that it doesn't JSON-encode the
        // request, which also means it doesn't JSON-decode the response. Either
        // way, we have to JSON-parse the response ourselves.
        let bodyParser = null;
        if (!rawResponse) {
            bodyParser = function(rawBody) {
                let body = JSON.parse(rawBody);
                if (onlyContentUri) {
                    body = body.content_uri;
                    if (body === undefined) {
                        throw Error('Bad response');
                    }
                }
                return body;
            };
        }

        if (global.XMLHttpRequest) {
            const defer = utils.defer();
            const xhr = new global.XMLHttpRequest();
            upload.xhr = xhr;
            const cb = requestCallback(defer, opts.callback, this.opts.onlyData);

            const timeout_fn = function() {
                xhr.abort();
                cb(new Error('Timeout'));
            };

            // set an initial timeout of 30s; we'll advance it each time we get
            // a progress notification
            xhr.timeout_timer = callbacks.setTimeout(timeout_fn, 30000);

            xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
                switch (xhr.readyState) {
                    case global.XMLHttpRequest.DONE:
                        callbacks.clearTimeout(xhr.timeout_timer);
                        var resp;
                        try {
                            if (!xhr.responseText) {
                                throw new Error('No response body.');
                            }
                            resp = xhr.responseText;
                            if (bodyParser) {
                                resp = bodyParser(resp);
                            }
                        } catch (err) {
                            err.http_status = xhr.status;
                            cb(err);
                            return;
                        }
                        cb(undefined, xhr, resp);
                        break;
                }
            };
            xhr.upload.addEventListener("progress", function(ev) {
                callbacks.clearTimeout(xhr.timeout_timer);
                upload.loaded = ev.loaded;
                upload.total = ev.total;
                xhr.timeout_timer = callbacks.setTimeout(timeout_fn, 30000);
                if (opts.progressHandler) {
                    opts.progressHandler({
                        loaded: ev.loaded,
                        total: ev.total,
                    });
                }
            });
            let url = this.opts.baseUrl + "/_matrix/media/r0/upload";

            const queryArgs = [];

            if (includeFilename && fileName) {
                queryArgs.push("filename=" + encodeURIComponent(fileName));
            }

            if (!this.useAuthorizationHeader) {
                queryArgs.push("access_token="
                    + encodeURIComponent(this.opts.accessToken));
            }

            if (queryArgs.length > 0) {
                url += "?" + queryArgs.join("&");
            }

            xhr.open("POST", url);
            if (this.useAuthorizationHeader) {
                xhr.setRequestHeader("Authorization", "Bearer " + this.opts.accessToken);
            }
            xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", contentType);
            xhr.send(body);
            promise = defer.promise;

            // dirty hack (as per _request) to allow the upload to be cancelled.
            promise.abort = xhr.abort.bind(xhr);
        } else {
            const queryParams = {};

            if (includeFilename && fileName) {
                queryParams.filename = fileName;
            }

            promise = this.authedRequest(
                opts.callback, "POST", "/upload", queryParams, body, {
                    prefix: "/_matrix/media/r0",
                    headers: {"Content-Type": contentType},
                    json: false,
                    bodyParser: bodyParser,
                },
            );
        }

        const self = this;

        // remove the upload from the list on completion
        const promise0 = promise.finally(function() {
            for (let i = 0; i < self.uploads.length; ++i) {
                if (self.uploads[i] === upload) {
                    self.uploads.splice(i, 1);
                    return;
                }
            }
        });

        // copy our dirty abort() method to the new promise
        promise0.abort = promise.abort;

        upload.promise = promise0;
        this.uploads.push(upload);

        return promise0;
    },

    cancelUpload: function(promise) {
        if (promise.abort) {
            promise.abort();
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    },

    getCurrentUploads: function() {
        return this.uploads;
    },

    idServerRequest: function(
        callback,
        method,
        path,
        params,
        prefix,
        accessToken,
    ) {
        if (!this.opts.idBaseUrl) {
            throw new Error("No Identity Server base URL set");
        }

        const fullUri = this.opts.idBaseUrl + prefix + path;

        if (callback !== undefined && !utils.isFunction(callback)) {
            throw Error(
                "Expected callback to be a function but got " + typeof callback,
            );
        }

        const opts = {
            uri: fullUri,
            method: method,
            withCredentials: false,
            json: true, // we want a JSON response if we can
            _matrix_opts: this.opts,
            headers: {},
        };
        if (method === 'GET') {
            opts.qs = params;
        } else if (typeof params === "object") {
            opts.json = params;
        }
        if (accessToken) {
            opts.headers['Authorization'] = `Bearer ${accessToken}`;
        }

        const defer = utils.defer();
        this.opts.request(
            opts,
            requestCallback(defer, callback, this.opts.onlyData),
        );
        return defer.promise;
    },

    /**
     * Perform an authorised request to the homeserver.
     * @param {Function} callback Optional. The callback to invoke on
     * success/failure. See the promise return values for more information.
     * @param {string} method The HTTP method e.g. "GET".
     * @param {string} path The HTTP path <b>after</b> the supplied prefix e.g.
     * "/createRoom".
     *
     * @param {Object=} queryParams A dict of query params (these will NOT be
     * urlencoded). If unspecified, there will be no query params.
     *
     * @param {Object} [data] The HTTP JSON body.
     *
     * @param {Object|Number=} opts additional options. If a number is specified,
     * this is treated as `opts.localTimeoutMs`.
     *
     * @param {Number=} opts.localTimeoutMs The maximum amount of time to wait before
     * timing out the request. If not specified, there is no timeout.
     *
     * @param {sting=} opts.prefix The full prefix to use e.g.
     * "/_matrix/client/v2_alpha". If not specified, uses this.opts.prefix.
     *
     * @param {Object=} opts.headers map of additional request headers
     *
     * @return {Promise} Resolves to <code>{data: {Object},
     * headers: {Object}, code: {Number}}</code>.
     * If <code>onlyData</code> is set, this will resolve to the <code>data</code>
     * object only.
     * @return {module:http-api.MatrixError} Rejects with an error if a problem
     * occurred. This includes network problems and Matrix-specific error JSON.
     */
    authedRequest: function(callback, method, path, queryParams, data, opts) {
        if (!queryParams) {
            queryParams = {};
        }
        if (this.useAuthorizationHeader) {
            if (isFinite(opts)) {
                // opts used to be localTimeoutMs
                opts = {
                    localTimeoutMs: opts,
                };
            }
            if (!opts) {
                opts = {};
            }
            if (!opts.headers) {
                opts.headers = {};
            }
            if (!opts.headers.Authorization) {
                opts.headers.Authorization = "Bearer " + this.opts.accessToken;
            }
            if (queryParams.access_token) {
                delete queryParams.access_token;
            }
        } else {
            if (!queryParams.access_token) {
                queryParams.access_token = this.opts.accessToken;
            }
        }

        const requestPromise = this.request(
            callback, method, path, queryParams, data, opts,
        );

        const self = this;
        requestPromise.catch(function(err) {
            if (err.errcode == 'M_UNKNOWN_TOKEN') {
                self.event_emitter.emit("Session.logged_out", err);
            } else if (err.errcode == 'M_CONSENT_NOT_GIVEN') {
                self.event_emitter.emit(
                    "no_consent",
                    err.message,
                    err.data.consent_uri,
                );
            }
        });

        // return the original promise, otherwise tests break due to it having to
        // go around the event loop one more time to process the result of the request
        return requestPromise;
    },

    /**
     * Perform a request to the homeserver without any credentials.
     * @param {Function} callback Optional. The callback to invoke on
     * success/failure. See the promise return values for more information.
     * @param {string} method The HTTP method e.g. "GET".
     * @param {string} path The HTTP path <b>after</b> the supplied prefix e.g.
     * "/createRoom".
     *
     * @param {Object=} queryParams A dict of query params (these will NOT be
     * urlencoded). If unspecified, there will be no query params.
     *
     * @param {Object} [data] The HTTP JSON body.
     *
     * @param {Object=} opts additional options
     *
     * @param {Number=} opts.localTimeoutMs The maximum amount of time to wait before
     * timing out the request. If not specified, there is no timeout.
     *
     * @param {sting=} opts.prefix The full prefix to use e.g.
     * "/_matrix/client/v2_alpha". If not specified, uses this.opts.prefix.
     *
     * @param {Object=} opts.headers map of additional request headers
     *
     * @return {Promise} Resolves to <code>{data: {Object},
     * headers: {Object}, code: {Number}}</code>.
     * If <code>onlyData</code> is set, this will resolve to the <code>data</code>
     * object only.
     * @return {module:http-api.MatrixError} Rejects with an error if a problem
     * occurred. This includes network problems and Matrix-specific error JSON.
     */
    request: function(callback, method, path, queryParams, data, opts) {
        opts = opts || {};
        const prefix = opts.prefix !== undefined ? opts.prefix : this.opts.prefix;
        const fullUri = this.opts.baseUrl + prefix + path;

        return this.requestOtherUrl(
            callback, method, fullUri, queryParams, data, opts,
        );
    },

    /**
     * Perform a request to an arbitrary URL.
     * @param {Function} callback Optional. The callback to invoke on
     * success/failure. See the promise return values for more information.
     * @param {string} method The HTTP method e.g. "GET".
     * @param {string} uri The HTTP URI
     *
     * @param {Object=} queryParams A dict of query params (these will NOT be
     * urlencoded). If unspecified, there will be no query params.
     *
     * @param {Object} [data] The HTTP JSON body.
     *
     * @param {Object=} opts additional options
     *
     * @param {Number=} opts.localTimeoutMs The maximum amount of time to wait before
     * timing out the request. If not specified, there is no timeout.
     *
     * @param {sting=} opts.prefix The full prefix to use e.g.
     * "/_matrix/client/v2_alpha". If not specified, uses this.opts.prefix.
     *
     * @param {Object=} opts.headers map of additional request headers
     *
     * @return {Promise} Resolves to <code>{data: {Object},
     * headers: {Object}, code: {Number}}</code>.
     * If <code>onlyData</code> is set, this will resolve to the <code>data</code>
     * object only.
     * @return {module:http-api.MatrixError} Rejects with an error if a problem
     * occurred. This includes network problems and Matrix-specific error JSON.
     */
    requestOtherUrl: function(callback, method, uri, queryParams, data,
                              opts) {
        if (opts === undefined || opts === null) {
            opts = {};
        } else if (isFinite(opts)) {
            // opts used to be localTimeoutMs
            opts = {
                localTimeoutMs: opts,
            };
        }

        return this._request(
            callback, method, uri, queryParams, data, opts,
        );
    },

    /**
     * Form and return a homeserver request URL based on the given path
     * params and prefix.
     * @param {string} path The HTTP path <b>after</b> the supplied prefix e.g.
     * "/createRoom".
     * @param {Object} queryParams A dict of query params (these will NOT be
     * urlencoded).
     * @param {string} prefix The full prefix to use e.g.
     * "/_matrix/client/v2_alpha".
     * @return {string} URL
     */
    getUrl: function(path, queryParams, prefix) {
        let queryString = "";
        if (queryParams) {
            queryString = "?" + utils.encodeParams(queryParams);
        }
        return this.opts.baseUrl + prefix + path + queryString;
    },

    /**
     * @private
     *
     * @param {function} callback
     * @param {string} method
     * @param {string} uri
     * @param {object} queryParams
     * @param {object|string} data
     * @param {object=} opts
     *
     * @param {boolean} [opts.json =true] Json-encode data before sending, and
     *   decode response on receipt. (We will still json-decode error
     *   responses, even if this is false.)
     *
     * @param {object=} opts.headers  extra request headers
     *
     * @param {number=} opts.localTimeoutMs client-side timeout for the
     *    request. Default timeout if falsy.
     *
     * @param {function=} opts.bodyParser function to parse the body of the
     *    response before passing it to the promise and callback.
     *
     * @return {Promise} a promise which resolves to either the
     * response object (if this.opts.onlyData is truthy), or the parsed
     * body. Rejects
     */
    _request: function(callback, method, uri, queryParams, data, opts) {
        if (callback !== undefined && !utils.isFunction(callback)) {
            throw Error(
                "Expected callback to be a function but got " + typeof callback,
            );
        }
        opts = opts || {};

        const self = this;
        if (this.opts.extraParams) {
            for (const key in this.opts.extraParams) {
                if (!this.opts.extraParams.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
                    continue;
                }
                queryParams[key] = this.opts.extraParams[key];
            }
        }

        const headers = utils.extend({}, opts.headers || {});
        const json = opts.json === undefined ? true : opts.json;
        let bodyParser = opts.bodyParser;

        // we handle the json encoding/decoding here, because request and
        // browser-request make a mess of it. Specifically, they attempt to
        // json-decode plain-text error responses, which in turn means that the
        // actual error gets swallowed by a SyntaxError.

        if (json) {
            if (data) {
                data = JSON.stringify(data);
                headers['content-type'] = 'application/json';
            }

            if (!headers['accept']) {
                headers['accept'] = 'application/json';
            }

            if (bodyParser === undefined) {
                bodyParser = function(rawBody) {
                    return JSON.parse(rawBody);
                };
            }
        }

        const defer = utils.defer();

        let timeoutId;
        let timedOut = false;
        let req;
        const localTimeoutMs = opts.localTimeoutMs || this.opts.localTimeoutMs;

        const resetTimeout = () => {
            if (localTimeoutMs) {
                if (timeoutId) {
                    callbacks.clearTimeout(timeoutId);
                }
                timeoutId = callbacks.setTimeout(function() {
                    timedOut = true;
                    if (req && req.abort) {
                        req.abort();
                    }
                    defer.reject(new MatrixError({
                        error: "Locally timed out waiting for a response",
                        errcode: "ORG.MATRIX.JSSDK_TIMEOUT",
                        timeout: localTimeoutMs,
                    }));
                }, localTimeoutMs);
            }
        };
        resetTimeout();

        const reqPromise = defer.promise;

        try {
            req = this.opts.request(
                {
                    uri: uri,
                    method: method,
                    withCredentials: false,
                    qs: queryParams,
                    qsStringifyOptions: opts.qsStringifyOptions,
                    useQuerystring: true,
                    body: data,
                    json: false,
                    timeout: localTimeoutMs,
                    headers: headers || {},
                    _matrix_opts: this.opts,
                },
                function(err, response, body) {
                    if (localTimeoutMs) {
                        callbacks.clearTimeout(timeoutId);
                        if (timedOut) {
                            return; // already rejected promise
                        }
                    }

                    const handlerFn = requestCallback(
                        defer, callback, self.opts.onlyData,
                        bodyParser,
                    );
                    handlerFn(err, response, body);
                },
            );
            if (req) {
                // This will only work in a browser, where opts.request is the
                // `browser-request` import. Currently `request` does not support progress
                // updates - see https://github.com/request/request/pull/2346.
                // `browser-request` returns an XHRHttpRequest which exposes `onprogress`
                if ('onprogress' in req) {
                    req.onprogress = (e) => {
                        // Prevent the timeout from rejecting the deferred promise if progress is
                        // seen with the request
                        resetTimeout();
                    };
                }

                // FIXME: This is EVIL, but I can't think of a better way to expose
                // abort() operations on underlying HTTP requests :(
                if (req.abort) reqPromise.abort = req.abort.bind(req);
            }
        } catch (ex) {
            defer.reject(ex);
            if (callback) {
                callback(ex);
            }
        }
        return reqPromise;
    },
};

/*
 * Returns a callback that can be invoked by an HTTP request on completion,
 * that will either resolve or reject the given defer as well as invoke the
 * given userDefinedCallback (if any).
 *
 * HTTP errors are transformed into javascript errors and the deferred is rejected.
 *
 * If bodyParser is given, it is used to transform the body of the successful
 * responses before passing to the defer/callback.
 *
 * If onlyData is true, the defer/callback is invoked with the body of the
 * response, otherwise the result object (with `code` and `data` fields)
 *
 */
const requestCallback = function(
    defer, userDefinedCallback, onlyData,
    bodyParser,
) {
    userDefinedCallback = userDefinedCallback || function() {};

    return function(err, response, body) {
        if (!err) {
            try {
                if (response.statusCode >= 400) {
                    err = parseErrorResponse(response, body);
                } else if (bodyParser) {
                    body = bodyParser(body);
                }
            } catch (e) {
                err = new Error(`Error parsing server response: ${e}`);
            }
        }

        if (err) {
            defer.reject(err);
            userDefinedCallback(err);
        } else {
            const res = {
                code: response.statusCode,

                // XXX: why do we bother with this? it doesn't work for
                // XMLHttpRequest, so clearly we don't use it.
                headers: response.headers,
                data: body,
            };
            defer.resolve(onlyData ? body : res);
            userDefinedCallback(null, onlyData ? body : res);
        }
    };
};

/**
 * Attempt to turn an HTTP error response into a Javascript Error.
 *
 * If it is a JSON response, we will parse it into a MatrixError. Otherwise
 * we return a generic Error.
 *
 * @param {XMLHttpRequest|http.IncomingMessage} response response object
 * @param {String} body raw body of the response
 * @returns {Error}
 */
function parseErrorResponse(response, body) {
    const httpStatus = response.statusCode;
    const contentType = getResponseContentType(response);

    let err;
    if (contentType) {
        if (contentType.type === 'application/json') {
            const jsonBody = typeof(body) === 'object' ? body : JSON.parse(body);
            err = new MatrixError(jsonBody);
        } else if (contentType.type === 'text/plain') {
            err = new Error(`Server returned ${httpStatus} error: ${body}`);
        }
    }

    if (!err) {
        err = new Error(`Server returned ${httpStatus} error`);
    }
    err.httpStatus = httpStatus;
    return err;
}


/**
 * extract the Content-Type header from the response object, and
 * parse it to a `{type, parameters}` object.
 *
 * returns null if no content-type header could be found.
 *
 * @param {XMLHttpRequest|http.IncomingMessage} response response object
 * @returns {{type: String, parameters: Object}?} parsed content-type header, or null if not found
 */
function getResponseContentType(response) {
    let contentType;
    if (response.getResponseHeader) {
        // XMLHttpRequest provides getResponseHeader
        contentType = response.getResponseHeader("Content-Type");
    } else if (response.headers) {
        // request provides http.IncomingMessage which has a message.headers map
        contentType = response.headers['content-type'] || null;
    }

    if (!contentType) {
        return null;
    }

    try {
        return parseContentType(contentType);
    } catch(e) {
        throw new Error(`Error parsing Content-Type '${contentType}': ${e}`);
    }
}

/**
 * Construct a Matrix error. This is a JavaScript Error with additional
 * information specific to the standard Matrix error response.
 * @constructor
 * @param {Object} errorJson The Matrix error JSON returned from the homeserver.
 * @prop {string} errcode The Matrix 'errcode' value, e.g. "M_FORBIDDEN".
 * @prop {string} name Same as MatrixError.errcode but with a default unknown string.
 * @prop {string} message The Matrix 'error' value, e.g. "Missing token."
 * @prop {Object} data The raw Matrix error JSON used to construct this object.
 * @prop {integer} httpStatus The numeric HTTP status code given
 */
export function MatrixError(errorJson) {
    errorJson = errorJson || {};
    this.errcode = errorJson.errcode;
    this.name = errorJson.errcode || "Unknown error code";
    this.message = errorJson.error || "Unknown message";
    this.data = errorJson;
}
MatrixError.prototype = Object.create(Error.prototype);
MatrixError.prototype.constructor = MatrixError;