Create new class to handle HTTP requests

Some more clean-up

plexpy/http_handler.py

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+# This file is part of PlexPy.
+#
+#  PlexPy is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  PlexPy is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with PlexPy.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+from plexpy import logger, helpers
+
+from httplib import HTTPSConnection
+from httplib import HTTPConnection
+
+
+class HTTPHandler(object):
+    """
+    Retrieve data from Plex Server
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, host, port, token):
+        self.host = host
+        self.port = str(port)
+        self.token = token
+
+    """
+    Handle the HTTP requests.
+
+    Output: object
+    """
+    def make_request(self,
+                     uri=None, proto='HTTP',
+                     request_type='GET',
+                     headers=None,
+                     output_format='raw',
+                     return_type=False):
+
+        valid_request_types = ['GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'DELETE']
+
+        if request_type.upper() not in valid_request_types:
+            logger.debug(u"HTTP request made but unsupported request type given.")
+            return None
+
+        if uri:
+            if proto.upper() == 'HTTPS':
+                handler = HTTPSConnection(self.host, self.port, timeout=10)
+            else:
+                handler = HTTPConnection(self.host, self.port, timeout=10)
+
+            if uri.find('?') > 0:
+                token_string = '&X-Plex-Token=' + self.token
+            else:
+                token_string = '?X-Plex-Token=' + self.token
+
+            try:
+                if headers:
+                    handler.request(request_type, uri + token_string, headers=headers)
+                else:
+                    handler.request(request_type, uri + token_string)
+                response = handler.getresponse()
+                request_status = response.status
+                request_content = response.read()
+                content_type = response.getheader('content-type')
+            except IOError, e:
+                logger.warn(u"Failed to access uri endpoint %s with error %s" % (uri, e))
+                return None
+
+            if request_status == 200:
+                if output_format == 'dict':
+                    output = helpers.convert_xml_to_dict(request_content)
+                elif output_format == 'json':
+                    output = helpers.convert_xml_to_json(request_content)
+                elif output_format == 'xml':
+                    output = helpers.parse_xml(request_content)
+                else:
+                    output = request_content
+
+                if return_type:
+                    return output, content_type
+
+                return output
+            else:
+                logger.warn(u"Failed to access uri endpoint %s. Status code %r" % (uri, request_status))
+                return []
+        else:
+            logger.debug(u"HTTP request made but no enpoint given.")
+            return None