Fixes agent calls and adds error reporting

app/classes/agent.php

@@ -123,15 +123,20 @@ class Agent {
         $ch = curl_init();
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $agent[0]['url']);
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 10); // timeout 10 seconds
+
         $response = curl_exec($ch);
+        $curl_error = curl_error($ch); // curl error for debugging
+
         curl_close($ch);
 
         // Cache the result and the timestamp if the response is successful
         if ($response !== false) {
             $_SESSION[$agent_cache_name] = $response;
             $_SESSION[$agent_cache_time] = time();
+        } else {
+            $response = "Error: " . $curl_error;
         }
-
         return $response;
     }
 

app/pages/agents.php

@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@ $agentObject = new Agent($dbWeb);
 if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') {
 
 // FIXME code here
+//    header("Location: $app_root?platform=$platform_id&page=config");
+//    exit();
 
     $force = isset($_POST['force']) && $_POST['force'] == 'true';
+    $agent_id = $_POST['agent'];
     $result = fetchAgent($agent_id, $force);
 
     if ($result !== false) {
@@ -20,9 +23,6 @@ if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') {
         echo json_encode(['error' => 'Failed to fetch API data']);
     }
 
-//    header("Location: $app_root?platform=$platform_id&page=config");
-//    exit();
-
 // no form submitted, show the templates
 } else {
     $agentDetails = $agentObject->getAgentDetails($platform_id);

app/templates/agent-list.php

@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 <?php foreach ($agentDetails as $agent) { ?>
                         <p class="card-text">
                             agent id<?= htmlspecialchars($agent['id']) ?>: type <?= htmlspecialchars($agent['agent_type_id']) ?>, url <?= htmlspecialchars($agent['url']) ?>
-                            <button onclick="fetchData()">fetch data</button>
+                            <button onclick="fetchData('<?= htmlspecialchars($agent['id']) ?>', '<?= htmlspecialchars($agent['url']) ?>')">fetch data</button>
-                            <button onclick="fetchData(true)">force refresh</button>
+                            <button onclick="fetchData('<?= htmlspecialchars($agent['id']) ?>', '<?= htmlspecialchars($agent['url']) ?>', true)">force refresh</button>
                         </p>
                         <p>Result:</p>
-                        <pre id="result">click a button to fetch data from the agent.</pre>
+                        <pre id="result<?= htmlspecialchars($agent['id']) ?>">click a button to fetch data from the agent.</pre>
 
 <?php } ?>

public_html/static/agents.js

@@ -1,20 +1,85 @@
-function fetchData(force = false) {
+function fetchData(agent_id, url, force = false) {
+
+    let counter = 0;
+    const resultElement = document.getElementById("result" + agent_id);
+
     // Show loading text
-    document.getElementById("result").innerHTML = "Loading...";
+    resultElement.innerHTML = "Loading... (0 seconds)";
+
+    // Create an interval to update the counter every second
+    const intervalId = setInterval(() => {
+        counter++;
+        resultElement.innerHTML = `Loading... (${counter} seconds)`;
+    }, 1000);
 
     // Create an AJAX request
     var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
-    xhr.open("POST", "index.php?page=agents", true);
+
+    // Handle invalid URL error
+    try {
+        xhr.open("POST", url, true);
+    } catch (e) {
+        clearInterval(intervalId); // Stop the counter on error
+        resultElement.innerHTML = `Error: Invalid URL ${url}<br />` + e.message;
+        return; // Exit the function early
+    }
+
     xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
 
+    // Set a timeout in milliseconds (10 seconds = 10000 ms)
+    xhr.timeout = 10000;
+
+    // Handle the request state change
     xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
-        if (xhr.readyState === 4 && xhr.status === 200) {
+        if (xhr.readyState === 4) {
+            clearInterval(intervalId); // Stop the counter when the request completes
+            clearTimeout(requestTimeout); // Clear the timeout if response is received
+
+            if (xhr.status === 200) {
+                try {
                     // Parse and display the result
                     let result = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText);
-            document.getElementById("result").innerHTML = JSON.stringify(result, null, 2);
+                    resultElement.innerHTML = JSON.stringify(result, null, 2);
+                } catch (e) {
+                    // Display the error
+                    resultElement.innerHTML = "Error: Response is not a valid JSON.<br />Response: " + xhr.responseText;
+                }
+            } else {
+                resultElement.innerHTML = `Error: Unable to fetch data from ${url}<br />Status Code: ${xhr.status}<br />Status Text: ${xhr.statusText}<br />Response: ${xhr.responseText}`;
+            }
         }
     };
 
-    // Send the AJAX request, with force flag
+    // Handle network-level errors (e.g., connection refused)
-    xhr.send("action=fetch&force=" + (force ? 'true' : 'false'));
+    xhr.onerror = function() {
+        clearInterval(intervalId); // Stop the counter on error
+        resultElement.innerHTML = `Network Error:<br />Unable to connect to ${url}<br />Check network connection or try again later.`;
+    };
+
+    // Handle the timeout event
+    xhr.ontimeout = function() {
+        clearInterval(intervalId); // Stop the counter on timeout
+        resultElement.innerHTML = "Request timed out. Please try again.";
+    };
+
+    // Additional manual timeout
+    var requestTimeout = setTimeout(function() {
+        if (xhr.readyState !== 4) {
+            xhr.abort(); // Abort the request if still pending after timeout
+            clearInterval(intervalId); // Stop the counter
+            resultElement.innerHTML = "Request timed out.";
+        }
+    }, 10000); // 10 seconds
+
+    // Send the AJAX request, with force flag
+    xhr.send("action=fetch&agent_id=" + agent_id + "&force=" + (force ? 'true' : 'false'));
+
+//    // If the request finishes quickly, set this up to show at least 1 second delay
+//    setTimeout(function() {
+//        if (counter === 0) {
+//            counter++;
+//            resultElement.innerHTML = `Loading... (${counter} seconds)`;
+//        }
+//    }, 1000); // Simulate a minimum 1 second delay for testing
+
 }