switch from HTTP to Downloads

Project.toml

@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ version = "0.3.0"
 
 [deps]
 Dates = "ade2ca70-3891-5945-98fb-dc099432e06a"
-HTTP = "cd3eb016-35fb-5094-929b-558a96fad6f3"
+Downloads = "f43a241f-c20a-4ad4-852c-f6b1247861c6"
 JSON = "682c06a0-de6a-54ab-a142-c8b1cf79cde6"
 Pkg = "44cfe95a-1eb2-52ea-b672-e2afdf69b78f"
 Random = "9a3f8284-a2c9-5f02-9a11-845980a1fd5c"
 
 [compat]
-julia = "1"
-HTTP = "0.7, 0.8"
+Downloads = "1"
 JSON = "0.20, 0.21"
+julia = "1"
 
 [extras]
 Test = "8dfed614-e22c-5e08-85e1-65c5234f0b40"

src/PkgAuthentication.jl

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module PkgAuthentication
 
-using HTTP, Random, JSON, Pkg, Dates
+using Downloads, Random, JSON, Pkg, Dates
 
 const TIMEOUT = 180 # seconds
 const MANUAL_TIMEOUT = 30 # seconds
@@ -58,8 +58,14 @@ end
 Fetches the server's response to `challenge` (a string) or `nothing` if the request failed.
 """
 function fetch_response(url, challenge)
-    r = HTTP.post(url, HEADERS, string(challenge), status_exception = false)
-    r.status == 200 ? String(r.body) : nothing
+    output = IOBuffer()
+    r = request(url,
+        method = "POST",
+        headers = HEADERS,
+        input = IOBuffer(string(challenge)),
+        output = output,
+    )
+    r.status == 200 ? String(take!(output)) : nothing
 end
 
 """
@@ -72,20 +78,16 @@ fetched and written to disk. `failed` is incremented by one and returned if the
 with a non-200 status code.
 """
 function claim_token(url, challenge, response; failed = 1)
-    r = HTTP.post(
+    output = IOBuffer()
+    data = """{ "challenge": "$challenge", "response": "$response" }"""
+    r = request(
         url,
-        HEADERS,
-        """
-        {
-            "challenge": "$(challenge)",
-            "response": "$(response)"
-        }
-        """,
-        status_exception = false
+        headers = HEADERS,
+        input = IOBuffer(data),
+        output = output,
     )
-
     if r.status == 200 # request understood
-        b = JSON.parse(String(r.body))
+        b = JSON.parse(String(take!(output)))
 
         if haskey(b, "token") # token returned. success.
             token = b["token"]