Can send additional parameters with the search command (connected to bug #2217)
[pazpar2-moved-to-github.git] / js / pz2.js
index bc400b1..4e2702f 100644 (file)
--- a/js/pz2.js
+++ b/js/pz2.js
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ pz2.prototype =
         } else if (this.useSessions) {
             var context = this;
             var request = new pzHttpRequest(this.pz2String, this.errorHandler);
-            request.get(
+            request.safeGet(
                 { "command": "init" },
                 function(data) {
                     if ( data.getElementsByTagName("status")[0]
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ pz2.prototype =
             );
         var context = this;
         var request = new pzHttpRequest(this.pz2String, this.errorHandler);
-        request.get(
+        request.safeGet(
             { "command": "ping", "session": this.sessionID },
             function(data) {
                 if ( data.getElementsByTagName("status")[0]
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ pz2.prototype =
             }
         );
     },
-    search: function (query, num, sort, filter, showfrom)
+    search: function (query, num, sort, filter, showfrom, addParamsArr)
     {
         clearTimeout(this.statTimer);
         clearTimeout(this.showTimer);
@@ -271,10 +271,18 @@ pz2.prototype =
        
         if (filter !== undefined)
            searchParams["filter"] = filter;
+
+        // copy additional parmeters, do not overwrite
+        if (addParamsArr != undefined) {
+            for (var prop in addParamsArr) {
+                if (!searchParams.hasOwnProperty(prop))
+                    searchParams[prop] = addParamsArr[prop];
+            }
+        }
         
         var context = this;
         var request = new pzHttpRequest(this.pz2String, this.errorHandler);
-        request.get(
+        request.safeGet(
             searchParams,
             function(data) {
                 if ( data.getElementsByTagName("status")[0]
@@ -305,7 +313,7 @@ pz2.prototype =
         
         var context = this;
         var request = new pzHttpRequest(this.pz2String, this.errorHandler);
-        request.get(
+        request.safeGet(
             { "command": "stat", "session": this.sessionID },
             function(data) {
                 if ( data.getElementsByTagName("stat") ) {
@@ -383,7 +391,7 @@ pz2.prototype =
 
         var context = this;
         var request = new pzHttpRequest(this.pz2String, this.errorHandler);
-        request.get(
+        request.safeGet(
             { 
                 "command": "show", 
                 "session": this.sessionID, 
@@ -478,7 +486,7 @@ pz2.prototype =
         var context = this;
         var request = new pzHttpRequest(this.pz2String, this.errorHandler);
 
-        request.get(
+        request.safeGet(
            recordParams,
             function(data) {
                 var recordNode;
@@ -525,7 +533,7 @@ pz2.prototype =
         
         var context = this;
         var request = new pzHttpRequest(this.pz2String, this.errorHandler);
-        request.get(
+        request.safeGet(
             { 
                 "command": "termlist", 
                 "session": this.sessionID, 
@@ -605,7 +613,7 @@ pz2.prototype =
         
         var context = this;
         var request = new pzHttpRequest(this.pz2String, this.errorHandler);
-        request.get(
+        request.safeGet(
             { "command": "bytarget", "session": this.sessionID },
             function(data) {
                 if ( data.getElementsByTagName("status")[0]
@@ -677,10 +685,12 @@ pz2.prototype =
 ********************************************************************************
 */
 var pzHttpRequest = function ( url, errorHandler ) {
+        this.maxUrlLength = 2048;
         this.request = null;
         this.url = url;
         this.errorHandler = errorHandler || null;
         this.async = true;
+        this.requestHeaders = {};
         
         if ( window.XMLHttpRequest ) {
             this.request = new XMLHttpRequest();
@@ -695,15 +705,29 @@ var pzHttpRequest = function ( url, errorHandler ) {
 
 pzHttpRequest.prototype = 
 {
+    safeGet: function ( params, callback )
+    {
+        var encodedParams =  this.encodeParams(params);
+        var url = this._urlAppendParams(encodedParams);
+        if (url.length >= this.maxUrlLength) {
+            this.requestHeaders["Content-Type"]
+                = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
+            this._send( 'POST', this.url, encodedParams, callback );
+        } else {
+            this._send( 'GET', url, '', callback );
+        }
+    },
 
     get: function ( params, callback ) 
     {
-        this._send( 'GET', params, '', callback );
+        this._send( 'GET', this._urlAppendParams(this.encodeParams(params)), 
+            '', callback );
     },
 
     post: function ( params, data, callback )
     {
-        this._send( 'POST', params, data, callback );
+        this._send( 'POST', this._urlAppendParams(this.encodeParams(params)), 
+            data, callback );
     },
 
     load: function ()
@@ -728,21 +752,26 @@ pzHttpRequest.prototype =
         return encoded;
     },
 
-    _send: function ( type, params, data, callback )
+    _send: function ( type, url, data, callback)
     {
-        this.callback = callback;
         var context = this;
+        this.callback = callback;
         this.async = true;
-        this.request.open( type, this._urlAppendParams(params), this.async );
+        this.request.open( type, url, this.async );
+        for (var key in this.requestHeaders)
+            this.request.setRequestHeader(key, this.requestHeaders[key]);
         this.request.onreadystatechange = function () {
             context._handleResponse();
         }
         this.request.send(data);
     },
 
-    _urlAppendParams: function (params)
+    _urlAppendParams: function (encodedParams)
     {
-        return this.url + "?" + this.encodeParams(params);
+        if (encodedParams)
+            return this.url + "?" + encodedParams;
+        else
+            return this.url;
     },
 
     _handleResponse: function ()