Changing executeAPI to utilize POST request (#18)

* Changing executeAPI to utilize POST request

* Adding changes to accomadate GET requestS

* Code Formatting Fix

* Adding last changes

* Update apirunner/apirunner.go

* Apply suggestions from code review

* Update apirunner/apirunner.go

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Co-authored-by: Kevin Li <kli74@apple.com>
Co-authored-by: Suresh Kumar Anaparti <sureshkumar.anaparti@gmail.com>

Author: 3 people

apirunner/apirunner.go

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
+	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -124,11 +125,16 @@ func executeAPIandCalculate(profileName string, apiURL string, command string, p
 	var avgTime float64
 	var totalTime float64
 	var count float64
+	getRequestList := map[string]struct{}{"isaccountallowedtocreateofferingswithtags": {}, "readyforshutdown": {}, "cloudianisenabled": {}, "quotabalance": {}, 
+	"quotasummary": {}, "quotatarifflist": {}, "quotaisenabled": {}, "quotastatement": {}, "verifyoauthcodeandgetuser": {}}
+	_, isInGetRequestList := getRequestList[command]
+	isGetRequest, _ := regexp.MatchString("^(get|list|query|find)(\\w+)+$", command)
+
 	if iterations != 1 {
 		log.Infof("Calling API %s for %d number of iterations with parameters %s", command, iterations, params)
 		for i := 1; i <= iterations; i++ {
 			log.Infof("Started with iteration %d for the command %s", i, command)
-			elapsedTime, apicount, result := executeAPI(apiURL, params)
+			elapsedTime, apicount, result := executeAPI(apiURL, params, !(isGetRequest || isInGetRequestList))
 			count = apicount
 			if elapsedTime < minTime {
 				minTime = elapsedTime
@@ -145,7 +151,7 @@ func executeAPIandCalculate(profileName string, apiURL string, command string, p
 		log.Infof("count [%.f] : Time in seconds [Min - %.2f] [Max - %.2f] [Avg - %.2f]\n", count, minTime, maxTime, avgTime)
 		saveData(apiURL, count, minTime, maxTime, avgTime, page, pagesize, keyword, profileName, command, dbProfile, reportAppend)
 	} else {
-		elapsedTime, apicount, _ := executeAPI(apiURL, params)
+		elapsedTime, apicount, _ := executeAPI(apiURL, params, !(isGetRequest || isInGetRequestList))
 		log.Infof("Elapsed time [%.2f seconds] for the count [%.0f]", elapsedTime, apicount)
 		saveData(apiURL, count, elapsedTime, elapsedTime, elapsedTime, page, pagesize, keyword, profileName, command, dbProfile, reportAppend)
 	}
@@ -251,12 +257,24 @@ func saveData(apiURL string, count float64, minTime float64, maxTime float64, av
 	log.Info(message)
 }
 
-func executeAPI(apiURL string, params url.Values) (float64, float64, bool) {
+func executeAPI(apiURL string, params url.Values, postRequest bool) (float64, float64, bool) {
 	// Send the API request and calculate the time
-	apiURL = fmt.Sprintf("%s?%s", apiURL, params.Encode())
+	var resp *http.Response
+	var err error
 	log.Infof("Running the API %s", apiURL)
 	start := time.Now()
-	resp, err := http.Get(apiURL)
+	if postRequest {
+		dataBody := strings.NewReader(params.Encode())
+		resp, err = http.Post(
+			apiURL,
+			"application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
+			dataBody,
+		)
+	} else {
+		apiURL = fmt.Sprintf("%s?%s", apiURL, params.Encode())
+		resp, err = http.Get(apiURL)
+	}
+
 	APIscount++
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Infof("Error sending API request: %s with error %s\n", apiURL, err)