Merge pull request #1385 from Rooyca/master

feat: new web function to make http requests

docs/documentation.toml

@@ -619,4 +619,25 @@ example = """<% tp.web.random_picture("200x200") %>"""
 name = "Random picture with size and query"
 example = """<% tp.web.random_picture("200x200", "landscape,water") %>"""
 
+[tp.web.functions.request]
+name = "request"
+description = "Makes a HTTP request to the specified URL. Optionally, you can specify a path to extract specific data from the response."
+definition = "tp.web.request(url: string, path?: string)"
+
+[[tp.web.functions.request.args]]
+name = "url"
+description = "The URL to which the HTTP request will be made."
+
+[[tp.web.functions.request.args]]
+name = "path"
+description = "A path within the response JSON to extract specific data."
+
+[[tp.web.functions.request.examples]]
+name = "Simple request"
+example = """<% tp.web.request("https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1") %>"""
+
+[[tp.web.functions.request.examples]]
+name = "Request with path"
+example = """<% tp.web.request("https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos", "0.title") %>"""
+
 

src/core/functions/internal_functions/web/InternalModuleWeb.ts

@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ export class InternalModuleWeb extends InternalModule {
 
     async create_static_templates(): Promise<void> {
         this.static_functions.set("daily_quote", this.generate_daily_quote());
+        this.static_functions.set("request", this.generate_request());
         this.static_functions.set(
             "random_picture",
             this.generate_random_picture()
         );
+
     }
 
     async create_dynamic_templates(): Promise<void> {}
@@ -80,4 +82,31 @@ export class InternalModuleWeb extends InternalModule {
             }
         };
     }
+
+    generate_request(): (
+        url: string,
+        path?: string,
+    ) => Promise<string> {
+        return async (url: string, path?: string) => {
+            try {
+                const response = await this.getRequest(url);
+                const jsonData = await response.json();
+
+                if (path && jsonData) {
+                    return path.split('.').reduce((obj, key) => {
+                        if (obj && obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
+                            return obj[key];
+                        } else {
+                            throw new Error(`Path ${path} not found in the JSON response`);
+                        }
+                    }, jsonData);
+                }
+
+                return jsonData;
+            } catch (error) {
+                console.error(error);
+                throw new TemplaterError("Error fetching and extracting value");
+            }
+        };
+    }
 }