First stab at a HTTPS client

Author: tedeh

lib/client.js

@@ -34,12 +34,19 @@ utils.inherits(Client, events.EventEmitter);
 module.exports = Client;
 
 /**
- * HTTP(s) client constructor
+ * HTTP client constructor
  * @type HttpClient
  * @static
  */
 Client.http = require('./client/http');
 
+/**
+ * HTTPS client constructor
+ * @type HttpsClient
+ * @static
+ */
+Client.https = require('./client/https');
+
 /**
  * Fork client constructor
  * @type ForkClient

lib/client/http.js

@@ -45,9 +45,10 @@ HttpClient.prototype._request = function(request, callback) {
       "Accept": "application/json"
     };
 
+    // let user override the headers
     options.headers = utils.merge(headers, options.headers || {});
 
-    var req = http.request(options);
+    var req = self._getStream(options);
 
     req.on('response', function(res) {
       self.emit('http response', res);
@@ -83,3 +84,13 @@ HttpClient.prototype._request = function(request, callback) {
     req.end(body);
   });
 };
+
+/**
+ *  Gets a stream interface to a http server
+ *  @param {Object} options An options object
+ *  @return {require('http').ClientRequest}
+ *  @api private
+ */
+HttpClient.prototype._getStream = function(options) {
+  return http.request(options || {});
+};

lib/client/https.js

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+var https = require('https');
+var utils = require('../utils');
+var HttpClient = require('./http');
+
+/**
+ *  Constructor for a Jayson HTTPS Client
+ *  @class Jayson JSON-RPC HTTPS Client
+ *  @constructor
+ *  @extends HttpClient
+ *  @param {Object|String} [options] Optional hash of settings or a URL
+ *  @return {HttpsClient}
+ *  @api public
+ */
+var HttpsClient = function(options) {
+  if(!(this instanceof HttpsClient)) return new HttpsClient(options);
+  // just proxy to constructor for HttpClient
+  HttpClient.call(this, options);
+};
+utils.inherits(HttpsClient, HttpClient);
+
+module.exports = HttpsClient;
+
+/**
+ *  Gets a stream interface to a https server
+ *  @param {Object} options An options object
+ *  @return {require('https').ClientRequest}
+ *  @api private
+ */
+HttpsClient.prototype._getStream = function(options) {
+  return https.request(options || {});
+};