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diff --git a/src/main/util/webrequest.ts b/src/main/util/webrequest.ts
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+import * as https from 'https';
+import * as http from 'http';
+
+export function getRequest(url:string):Promise<any> {
+  const webrequest:any = url.indexOf('https') !== -1 ? https:http;
+  const t1 = Date.now();
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    webrequest.get(url, (res:any) => {
+      const { statusCode } = res;
+
+      let error;
+      if (statusCode !== 200) {
+        error = new Error('Request Failed.\n' +
+                          `Status Code: ${statusCode}`);
+      }
+      if (error) {
+        res.resume();
+        reject(error);
+      } else {
+        res.setEncoding('utf8');
+        let rawData = '';
+        res.on('data', (chunk:any) => { rawData += chunk; });
+        res.on('end', () => {
+          try {
+            resolve(JSON.parse(rawData));
+          } catch (e) {
+            reject(e);
+          }
+        });
+      }
+    }).on('error', (e:Error) => {
+      reject(e);
+    });
+  });
+}