Rewrite http utils; properly handle (& retry on) network errors

src/main/utils/http.ts

@@ -5,41 +5,54 @@
  */
 
 import { createWriteStream } from "fs";
-import type { IncomingMessage } from "http";
-import { get, RequestOptions } from "https";
-import { finished } from "stream/promises";
+import { Readable } from "stream";
+import { pipeline } from "stream/promises";
+import { setTimeout } from "timers/promises";
 
-export async function downloadFile(url: string, file: string, options: RequestOptions = {}) {
-    const res = await simpleReq(url, options);
-    await finished(
-        res.pipe(
+interface FetchieOptions {
+    retryOnNetworkError?: boolean;
+}
+
+export async function downloadFile(url: string, file: string, options: RequestInit = {}, fetchieOpts?: FetchieOptions) {
+    const res = await fetchie(url, options, fetchieOpts);
+    await pipeline(
+        // @ts-expect-error odd type error
+        Readable.fromWeb(res.body!),
         createWriteStream(file, {
             autoClose: true
         })
-        )
     );
 }
 
-export function simpleReq(url: string, options: RequestOptions = {}) {
-    return new Promise<IncomingMessage>((resolve, reject) => {
-        get(url, options, res => {
-            const { statusCode, statusMessage, headers } = res;
-            if (statusCode! >= 400) return void reject(`${statusCode}: ${statusMessage} - ${url}`);
-            if (statusCode! >= 300) return simpleReq(headers.location!, options).then(resolve).catch(reject);
+const ONE_MINUTE_MS = 1000 * 60;
 
-            resolve(res);
-        });
-    });
-}
-
-export async function simpleGet(url: string, options: RequestOptions = {}) {
-    const res = await simpleReq(url, options);
-
-    return new Promise<Buffer>((resolve, reject) => {
-        const chunks = [] as Buffer[];
-
-        res.once("error", reject);
-        res.on("data", chunk => chunks.push(chunk));
-        res.once("end", () => resolve(Buffer.concat(chunks)));
-    });
+export async function fetchie(url: string, options?: RequestInit, { retryOnNetworkError }: FetchieOptions = {}) {
+    let res: Response | undefined;
+
+    try {
+        res = await fetch(url, options);
+    } catch (err) {
+        if (retryOnNetworkError) {
+            console.error("Failed to fetch", url + ".", "Gonna retry with backoff.");
+
+            for (let tries = 0, delayMs = 500; tries < 20; tries++, delayMs = Math.min(2 * delayMs, ONE_MINUTE_MS)) {
+                await setTimeout(delayMs);
+                try {
+                    res = await fetch(url, options);
+                    break;
+                } catch {}
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (!res) throw new Error(`Failed to fetch ${url}\n${err}`);
+    }
+
+    if (res.ok) return res;
+
+    let msg = `Got non-OK response for ${url}: ${res.status} ${res.statusText}`;
+
+    const reason = await res.text().catch(() => "");
+    if (reason) msg += `\n${reason}`;
+
+    throw new Error(msg);
 }

src/main/utils/vencordLoader.ts

@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@
  */
 
 import { existsSync, mkdirSync } from "fs";
-import type { RequestOptions } from "https";
 import { join } from "path";
 
 import { USER_AGENT, VENCORD_FILES_DIR } from "../constants";
-import { downloadFile, simpleGet } from "./http";
+import { downloadFile, fetchie } from "./http";
 
 const API_BASE = "https://api.github.com";
 
@@ -31,27 +30,29 @@ export interface ReleaseData {
 }
 
 export async function githubGet(endpoint: string) {
-    const opts: RequestOptions = {
+    const opts: RequestInit = {
         headers: {
             Accept: "application/vnd.github+json",
             "User-Agent": USER_AGENT
         }
     };
 
-    if (process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN) opts.headers!.Authorization = `Bearer ${process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN}`;
+    if (process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN) (opts.headers! as any).Authorization = `Bearer ${process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN}`;
 
-    return simpleGet(API_BASE + endpoint, opts);
+    return fetchie(API_BASE + endpoint, opts, { retryOnNetworkError: true });
 }
 
 export async function downloadVencordFiles() {
     const release = await githubGet("/repos/Vendicated/Vencord/releases/latest");
 
-    const { assets } = JSON.parse(release.toString("utf-8")) as ReleaseData;
+    const { assets }: ReleaseData = await release.json();
 
     await Promise.all(
         assets
             .filter(({ name }) => FILES_TO_DOWNLOAD.some(f => name.startsWith(f)))
-            .map(({ name, browser_download_url }) => downloadFile(browser_download_url, join(VENCORD_FILES_DIR, name)))
+            .map(({ name, browser_download_url }) =>
+                downloadFile(browser_download_url, join(VENCORD_FILES_DIR, name), {}, { retryOnNetworkError: true })
+            )
     );
 }
 

src/updater/main.ts

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export async function checkUpdates() {
 
     try {
         const raw = await githubGet("/repos/Vencord/Vesktop/releases/latest");
-        const data = JSON.parse(raw.toString("utf-8")) as ReleaseData;
+        const data: ReleaseData = await raw.json();
 
         const oldVersion = app.getVersion();
         const newVersion = data.tag_name.replace(/^v/, "");