[FSSDK-12027] support http in NodeRequestHandler (#1104)

Author: raju-opti

lib/utils/http_request_handler/request_handler.node.spec.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /**
- * Copyright 2022, 2024, Optimizely
+ * Copyright 2022, 2024-2025, Optimizely
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -147,12 +147,21 @@ describe('NodeRequestHandler', () => {
       scope.done();
     });
 
-    it('should throw error for a URL with http protocol (not https)', async () => {
-      const invalidHttpProtocolUrl = 'http://some.example.com';
+    it('should handle a URL with http protocol', async () => {
+      const httpProtocolUrl = 'http://some.example.com';
+      const scope = nock(httpProtocolUrl)
+        .get('/')
+        .reply(200, body);
 
-      const request = nodeRequestHandler.makeRequest(invalidHttpProtocolUrl, {}, 'get');
+      const request = nodeRequestHandler.makeRequest(httpProtocolUrl, {}, 'get');
+      const response = await request.responsePromise;
 
-      await expect(request.responsePromise).rejects.toThrow();
+      expect(response).toEqual({
+        statusCode: 200,
+        body,
+        headers: {},
+      });
+      scope.done();
     });
 
     it('should returns a rejected response promise when the URL protocol is unsupported', async () => {

lib/utils/http_request_handler/request_handler.node.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /**
- * Copyright 2022-2023 Optimizely
+ * Copyright 2022-2023, 2025 Optimizely
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -46,14 +46,15 @@ export class NodeRequestHandler implements RequestHandler {
   makeRequest(requestUrl: string, headers: Headers, method: string, data?: string): AbortableRequest {
     const parsedUrl = url.parse(requestUrl);
 
-    if (parsedUrl.protocol !== 'https:') {
+    if (parsedUrl.protocol !== 'https:' && parsedUrl.protocol !== 'http:') {
       return {
         responsePromise: Promise.reject(new OptimizelyError(UNSUPPORTED_PROTOCOL, parsedUrl.protocol)),
         abort: () => {},
       };
     }
 
-    const request = https.request({
+    const requestModule = parsedUrl.protocol === 'https:' ? https : http;
+    const request = requestModule.request({
       ...this.getRequestOptionsFromUrl(parsedUrl),
       method,
       headers: {
@@ -77,9 +78,9 @@ export class NodeRequestHandler implements RequestHandler {
    * Parses a URL into its constituent parts
    * @param url URL object to parse
    * @private
-   * @returns https.RequestOptions Standard request options dictionary
+   * @returns http.RequestOptions Standard request options dictionary compatible with both http and https
    */
-  private getRequestOptionsFromUrl(url: url.UrlWithStringQuery): https.RequestOptions {
+  private getRequestOptionsFromUrl(url: url.UrlWithStringQuery): http.RequestOptions {
     return {
       hostname: url.hostname,
       path: url.path,