fix: accept absolute urls as path (#468)

lib/core/request.js

@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ const kRequestTimeout = Symbol('request timeout')
 const kTimeout = Symbol('timeout')
 const kHandler = Symbol('handler')
 
+// Borrowed from https://gist.github.com/dperini/729294
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-control-regex
+const REGEXP_ABSOLUTE_URL = /^(?:(?:https?|ftp):\/\/)(?:\S+(?::\S*)?@)?(?:(?!10(?:\.\d{1,3}){3})(?!127(?:\.\d{1,3}){3})(?!169\.254(?:\.\d{1,3}){2})(?!192\.168(?:\.\d{1,3}){2})(?!172\.(?:1[6-9]|2\d|3[0-1])(?:\.\d{1,3}){2})(?:[1-9]\d?|1\d\d|2[01]\d|22[0-3])(?:\.(?:1?\d{1,2}|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])){2}(?:\.(?:[1-9]\d?|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-4]))|(?:(?:[a-z\x00a1-\xffff0-9]+-?)*[a-z\x00a1-\xffff0-9]+)(?:\.(?:[a-z\x00a1-\xffff0-9]+-?)*[a-z\x00a1-\xffff0-9]+)*(?:\.(?:[a-z\x00a1-\xffff]{2,})))(?::\d{2,5})?(?:\/[^\s]*)?$/ius
+
 class Request {
   constructor ({
     path,
@@ -23,8 +27,10 @@ class Request {
     upgrade,
     requestTimeout
   }, handler) {
-    if (typeof path !== 'string' || path[0] !== '/') {
-      throw new InvalidArgumentError('path must be a valid path')
+    if (typeof path !== 'string') {
+      throw new InvalidArgumentError('path must be a string')
+    } else if (path[0] !== '/' && !REGEXP_ABSOLUTE_URL.test(path)) {
+      throw new InvalidArgumentError('path must be an absolute URL or start with a slash')
     }
 
     if (typeof method !== 'string') {

test/client.js

@@ -625,6 +625,32 @@ test('url-like url', (t) => {
   })
 })
 
+test('an absolute url as path', (t) => {
+  t.plan(2)
+
+  const path = 'http://example.com'
+
+  const server = createServer((req, res) => {
+    t.strictEqual(req.url, path)
+    res.end()
+  })
+  t.tearDown(server.close.bind(server))
+
+  server.listen(0, () => {
+    const client = new Client({
+      hostname: 'localhost',
+      port: server.address().port,
+      protocol: 'http'
+    })
+    t.tearDown(client.close.bind(client))
+
+    client.request({ path, method: 'GET' }, (err, data) => {
+      t.error(err)
+      data.body.resume()
+    })
+  })
+})
+
 test('multiple destroy callback', (t) => {
   t.plan(4)
 

test/validations.js

@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ server.listen(0, () => {
 
     client.request({ path: null, method: 'GET' }, (err, res) => {
       t.ok(err instanceof errors.InvalidArgumentError)
-      t.strictEqual(err.message, 'path must be a valid path')
+      t.strictEqual(err.message, 'path must be a string')
     })
 
     client.request({ path: 'aaa', method: 'GET' }, (err, res) => {
       t.ok(err instanceof errors.InvalidArgumentError)
-      t.strictEqual(err.message, 'path must be a valid path')
+      t.strictEqual(err.message, 'path must be an absolute URL or start with a slash')
     })
   })