post() func

httpRequest.proto

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 syntax = "proto3";
 
-package forgepb;
+package httppb;
 
 import "google/protobuf/timestamp.proto"; // Import the well-known type for Timestamp
 
@@ -17,4 +17,11 @@ import "google/protobuf/timestamp.proto"; // Import the well-known type for Time
         string                      hostname         = 8;  // The hostname of the client if passed from the client (mylaptop.fun.me)
         bytes                       body             = 9;  // The request body as raw bytes.
         string                      namespace        = 10; // When the body is a pb (always!). This is the pb namespace ("go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/virtpb")
+        google.protobuf.Timestamp   ctime            = 11; // create time of the patch
+}
+
+message HttpRequests {                                     // `autogenpb:marshal` `autogenpb:mutex`
+        string                      uuid             = 1;  // `autogenpb:uuid:1524ed43-e57d-4bf9-9449-1cdfdc498605`
+        string                      version          = 2;  // `autogenpb:version:v0.0.1`
+        repeated HttpRequest        HttpRequests     = 3;  // THIS MUST BE  HttpRequest  and then  HttpRequests
 }

post.go

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// Copyright 1994-2025 WIT.COM Inc Licensed GPL 3.0
+
+package httppb
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"os"
+	"os/user"
+)
+
+func HttpPost(baseURL string, route string, data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	// Fix using url.JoinPath (Best Practice)
+	tmpURL, _ := url.Parse(baseURL)    // "http://forge.grid.wit.com:2520")
+	finalURL := tmpURL.JoinPath(route) // Correctly produces ...:2520/patches
+
+	var err error
+	var req *http.Request
+
+	req, err = http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, finalURL.String(), bytes.NewBuffer(data))
+	if req == nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	usr, _ := user.Current()
+	if os.Getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_NAME") == "" {
+		username = usr.Username
+	} else {
+		usernname = os.Getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_NAME")
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("author", username)
+	hostname, _ := os.Hostname()
+	req.Header.Set("hostname", hostname)
+
+	return PostReq(req)
+}
+
+// Posts a reqest and returns the bytes returned
+func PostReq(req *http.Request) ([]byte, error) {
+	client := &http.Client{}
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return []byte("client.Do(req) error"), err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return body, err
+	}
+
+	return body, nil
+}