From 34309335b12cf691d269560b284087e105416f21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Thomerson <jeremy@thomersonfamily.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 15:16:21 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add helper methods to request class

---
 lib/request.js | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/request.js b/lib/request.js
index f2bedd0..6443a7c 100644
--- a/lib/request.js
+++ b/lib/request.js
@@ -269,6 +269,25 @@ class REQUEST {
       || (wc.length > 1 && this.validWildcard(wc.slice(0,-1)))
   }
 
+  // Gets a header field (case-insensitive)
+  getHeader(userKey,asArr) {
+    let key = (userKey || '').toLowerCase()
+
+    return asArr ? this.headers[key]
+      : this.headers[key] ?
+        this.headers[key].toString() : undefined
+  }
+
+  // Returns boolean if header exists
+  hasHeader(key) {
+    return this.getHeader(key ? key : '') !== undefined
+  }
+
+  // Gets a value from the query string
+  getQuery(key,asArr) {
+    return asArr ? this.multiValueQuery[key] : this.query[key]
+  }
+
 } // end REQUEST class
 
 // Export the response object