From 52432128efb8e6860117d9104f1d0e48970f3e78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pacmano1 <44065187+pacmano1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2024 16:13:49 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Create loop_http_sender.js

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 loop_http_sender.js | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 66 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 loop_http_sender.js

diff --git a/loop_http_sender.js b/loop_http_sender.js
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+// Import necessary Apache HTTP packages for HTTP client operations
+importPackage(Packages.org.apache.http.client, 
+              Packages.org.apache.http.client.methods, 
+              Packages.org.apache.http.impl.client, 
+              Packages.org.apache.http.message, 
+              Packages.org.apache.http.client.entity, 
+              Packages.org.apache.http.entity, 
+              Packages.org.apache.http.util);
+
+// Initialize an array to store the physicians data
+$c('array_of_physicians', []);
+
+// Set the initial URL for the API request
+$c('next_url', $c('api_base_url') + '/physicians');
+
+// Initialize a counter for the number of requests made
+var j = 0;
+
+// Define the maximum number of retries for the API request loop
+const MAX_RETRIES = 10;
+
+// Loop to fetch data from the API as long as there is a next URL and the maximum retries have not been exceeded
+while ($c('next_url') != null && j < MAX_RETRIES) {
+    j++;  // Increment the request counter
+    
+    // Create a new HTTP client and a GET request for the current URL
+    var httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
+    var httpGet = new HttpGet($c('next_url'));
+    httpGet.addHeader('Authorization', $co('token'));  // Add authorization header to the request
+
+    var resp = null;  // Initialize the response variable
+    try {
+        // Execute the GET request and capture the response
+        resp = httpclient.execute(httpGet);
+        var statusCode = resp.getStatusLine().getStatusCode();  // Get the HTTP status code from the response
+        var entity = resp.getEntity();  // Get the response entity
+        var responseString = EntityUtils.toString(entity, "UTF-8");  // Convert the entity to a string
+        
+        // Store the response string and status code for debugging or logging
+        $c("responseString_" + j, responseString);
+        $c("statusCode_" + j, statusCode);
+
+        // Check if the request was unsuccessful and throw an error if so
+        if (statusCode >= 300) {
+            throw responseString;
+        }
+
+        // Parse the JSON response and add the physicians data to the array
+        var responseJson = JSON.parse(responseString);
+        $c('array_of_physicians', $c('array_of_physicians').concat(responseJson.results));
+        
+        // Update the next URL for pagination, if available
+        $c('next_url', responseJson.next);
+
+    } catch (err) {
+        // Log any errors encountered and rethrow them
+        logger.debug(err);
+        throw err;
+    } finally {
+        // Ensure the response and client are closed
+        if (resp != null) {
+            resp.close();
+        }
+        httpclient.close();
+    }
+}