expose internal request object

[omriiluz]

Need to keep track and/or expose the internal request object so application can customize behavior - for example track progress of upload/download.

the ideal option is to use eventEmitter like the original Request module is doing and raise an event with the reququest object once it's submitted..

another option is to return a request object wrapper in the execute method which is currently not returning anything.

and yet another (simple) option is to keep the last request created in a variable under the DefaultTransporter object.
I am currently using this option but I'm not making a pull request as I don't think it's elegant/generic enough.

DefaultTransporter.prototype.request = function(opts, opt_callback) {
  opts = this.configure(opts);
  this.innerRequest = request(opts, this.wrapCallback_(opt_callback));
};

[omriiluz]

After using the simple implementation described above for a few weeks in a heavily used app it seems to be working fine and very stable. I created pull request #111 for the change.

[ryanseys]

Fixed in 1.0.0. We have exposed the request object with every API call. It is the return value for every API call.

Example in 1.0.0:

var google = require('googleapis');
var drive = google.drive('v2');

var req = drive.files.insert({ /* ... */, callback);
// access upload / download progress here
console.log(req.uri.href); // example that prints out api endpoint being requested

[omriiluz]

Thanks, it's working great. I've migrated to 1.0 and adapted to the changes, my app is working perfectly right off your release code without any "hacks" anymore.

[ryanseys]

Happy to hear! :)