pmcelhaney / counterfact / 5941942840

/* eslint-disable no-magic-numbers */

import fs from "node:fs/promises";

import nodeFetch from "node-fetch";

function log(...strings) {

  process.stdout.write(`[read-file] ${strings.join("\t")}\n`);

}

// eslint-disable-next-line max-statements

export async function readFile(urlOrPath) {

  log("reading file or URL", urlOrPath);

  if (urlOrPath.startsWith("http")) {

    log("reading url", urlOrPath);

    const response = await nodeFetch(urlOrPath);

    return response.text();

  }

  if (urlOrPath.startsWith("file")) {

    log("reading file URl", urlOrPath);

    return fs.readFile(new URL(urlOrPath), "utf8");

  }

  log("reading plain old file", urlOrPath);

  // eslint-disable-next-line init-declarations

  let result;

  try {

    result = fs.readFile(urlOrPath, "utf8");

    log("did read plain old file", urlOrPath);

  log("waiting for result to resolve");

  // eslint-disable-next-line promise/avoid-new

  const timeout = new Promise((resolve) => {

    setTimeout(() => resolve("COULD NOT READ FILE IN A REASONABLE TIME"), 1000);

  });

  const text = await Promise.race([timeout, result]);

  log("returning result", text);

  return result;

}