fixing error messages and naming functions better

capsulflask/http_client.py

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class MyHTTPClient:
     self.client_session = None
 
 
-  def make_requests_sync(self, online_hosts: List[OnlineHost], url_suffix: str, body: str, authorization_header=None) -> List[HTTPResult]:
+  def do_multi_http_sync(self, online_hosts: List[OnlineHost], url_suffix: str, body: str, authorization_header=None) -> List[HTTPResult]:
     future = run_coroutine(self.make_requests(online_hosts=online_hosts, url_suffix=url_suffix, body=body, authorization_header=authorization_header))
     fromOtherThread = future.result()
     toReturn = []
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ class MyHTTPClient:
 
     return toReturn
 
-  def post_json_sync(self, url: str,  body: str, method="POST", authorization_header=None) -> HTTPResult:
-    future = run_coroutine(self.post_json(method=method, url=url, body=body, authorization_header=authorization_header))
+  def do_http_sync(self, url: str,  body: str, method="POST", authorization_header=None) -> HTTPResult:
+    future = run_coroutine(self.do_http(method=method, url=url, body=body, authorization_header=authorization_header))
     fromOtherThread = future.result()
     if fromOtherThread.error != None and fromOtherThread.error != "":
       current_app.logger.error(fromOtherThread.error)
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class MyHTTPClient:
 
     return self.client_session
 
-  async def post_json(self, url: str,  body: str, method="POST", authorization_header=None) -> InterThreadResult:
+  async def do_http(self, url: str,  body: str, method="POST", authorization_header=None) -> InterThreadResult:
     # TODO make a configuration option where this throws an error if the url does not start with https://
     response = None
     try:
@@ -69,11 +69,11 @@ class MyHTTPClient:
       )
     except:
       error_message = my_exec_info_message(sys.exc_info())
-      response_body = json.dumps({"error_message": f"error contacting spoke: {error_message}"})
+      response_body = json.dumps({"error_message": f"do_http (HTTP {method} {url}) {error_message}"})
 
       return InterThreadResult(
         HTTPResult(-1, response_body), 
-        f"""error contacting spoke: post_json (HTTP {method} {url}) failed with: {error_message}"""
+        f"""do_http (HTTP {method} {url}) failed with: {error_message}"""
       )
 
     response_body = None
@@ -81,20 +81,20 @@ class MyHTTPClient:
       response_body = await response.text()
     except:
       error_message = my_exec_info_message(sys.exc_info())
-      response_body = json.dumps({"error_message": f"error reading response from spoke: {error_message}"})
+      response_body = json.dumps({"error_message": f"error reading response: HTTP {method} {url} (status {response.status}) failed with: {error_message}"})
       return InterThreadResult(
         HTTPResult(response.status, response_body), 
-        f"""error reading response from spoke: HTTP {method} {url} (status {response.status}) failed with: {error_message}"""
+        f"""error reading response: HTTP {method} {url} (status {response.status}) failed with: {error_message}"""
       )
       
     return InterThreadResult(HTTPResult(response.status, response_body), None)
 
-  async def make_requests(self, online_hosts: List[OnlineHost], url_suffix: str, body: str, authorization_header=None) -> List[InterThreadResult]:
+  async def do_multi_http(self, online_hosts: List[OnlineHost], url_suffix: str, body: str, authorization_header=None) -> List[InterThreadResult]:
     tasks = []
     # append to tasks in the same order as online_hosts
     for host in online_hosts:
         tasks.append(
-            self.post_json(url=f"{host.url}{url_suffix}", body=body, authorization_header=authorization_header)
+            self.do_http(url=f"{host.url}{url_suffix}", body=body, authorization_header=authorization_header)
         )
     # gather is like Promise.all from javascript, it returns a future which resolves to an array of results 
     # in the same order as the tasks that we passed in -- which were in the same order as online_hosts