Roe2Js :: loadJSONDirect ( )

// Function to load JSON
function loadJSON(url) {

    console.log(`Requesting: "` + basename(url,`.json`) + `"`);

    if(basename(url,`.json`) === `[object Promise]`){
        return false;
    }

    if(basename(url,`.json`) === `undefined`){
        return false;
    }

    // Ensure the URL starts with the host
    if ( !url.startsWith( host ) ) {
        url = `${host}${url}`;
    }

    let originalRequest = ``;

    let addy = ``;

    if(instr(url,`//`)){
        addy = url.split(`//`)[1];
    }else{
        addy = url;
    }

    addy = addy.split(`/`);
    let addy2 = ``;
    for(index = 1; index < addy.length - 1; index++){
        if(addy[index]!==``){
            addy2 += `/${addy[index]}`;
        }
    }

    addy3 = addy2.split(`/`);

    let nestRequest = ``;

    for(index = 2; index <= 2; index++){
        nestRequest += `/${addy3[index]}`;
    }

    for(index = 3; index < addy.length; index++){
        originalRequest += `/${addy[index]}`;
    }
    let requestPath=`${addy[0]}`;

    // Replace spaces with %20
    url = url.replace(/ /g, '%20');

    // Fetch the JSON file
    return fetch(url)
        .then(response => {
            if (!response.ok) {
                throw new Error(`Oh, Noez!! It was a bad network response\n\nunder "${nestRequest}" in "${originalRequest}" (${response.statusText})\n\n`);
            }
            return response.json();
        })
        .then(data => {
            console.log(`Woot!! Data fetched!\n\nunder "${nestRequest}" in "${originalRequest}"\n\n`, data);
            return data;
        })
        .catch(error => {
            console.error(`Oh, Noez!! There has been a problem with your fetch operation!\n\nunder "${nestRequest}" in "${originalRequest}"\n\n`, error);
        });
}

function fileExists(url) {

    // Ensure the URL starts with the host
    if ( !url.startsWith( host ) ) {
        url = `${host}${url}`;
    }

    // Replace spaces with %20
    url = url.replace(/ /g, '%20');

    try {
        const response = fetch(url, { method: 'HEAD' });
        return response.status === 200;
    } catch (error) {
        console.error(`Oh, Noez!! Error fetching the file!\n\n"${url}"`, error);
        return false;
    }
}

function basename(path = ``, ext = ``) {

    let intermediate = path.split(`/`);

    intermediate = intermediate[intermediate.length - 1];

    if ( ext === right( intermediate, len( ext ) ) ) {
        intermediate = left( intermediate, len( intermediate ) - len( ext ));
    }

    return intermediate;
}

function loadJSONDirect(url){
    let intermediate = [loadJSON(url)][0];
    console.log(intermediate);
    return intermediate;
}