Add jshttpclient

[juancarlospaco]

• httpclient for JavaScript targets. This was requested on the original PR/RFC.

• Unrelated CI fail:

[apt-fast 15:37:55] Working... this may take a while.
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
[apt-fast 15:37:55] Package manager quit with exit code.

[timotheecour]

this example doesn't work in a browser

I have a WIP PR to make nim doc -b:js -r --browser main which will simplify testing but until it's merged, these things must be tested manually

[Araq]

You can always use backticks around "method" so IMHO it should remain "method" and not some bastardized spelling of it.

[juancarlospaco]

Unrelated CI Fail with "No Errors, No Warnings" 🤷

is not failing by timeout.

[ringabout]

It should work now if you fetch the latest commits? Unrelated CI failure should be fixed.

see #17752

[juancarlospaco]

@xflywind Great!, thanks, will do. If you want to take a look at the code would be nice too. 🙂

[juancarlospaco]

Ping @timotheecour

[Varriount]

Does a user have to explicitly use the JS version of the HTTPClient, or is it done automatically depending on the target platform?

[juancarlospaco]

Does a user have to explicitly use the JS version of the HTTPClient

For native targets you import httpclient.
For JS you import jshttpclient.
An httpclient for the browser :)

[Varriount]

Does a user have to explicitly use the JS version of the HTTPClient

For native targets you import httpclient.
For JS you import jshttpclient.
An httpclient for the browser :)

Is there any reason the implementation can't or shouldn't automatically adapt to the environment being targeted? Using completely different types makes it difficult to write generic functions that can be used across library implementations.

[juancarlospaco]

Ye, the sandbox of the browser.
I do not want JavaScript code in the native HttpClient.
See top post that this was literally requested on the original RFC/PR.

[juancarlospaco]

Given that this API is completely new, should we only allow Uri and not string ?.

[Araq]

Please contribute to https://github.com/nim-lang/standardjs instead. (Yes, it still needs CI support, will be added soon'ish.)