request promise way too large, switching back to custom request method

src/com/Base.js

@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-import DataUtils from './utils/DataUtils';
-import Manager from './controllers/DashManager';
-import request from 'request-promise';
-import * as DataEvent from '../com/events/DataEvent';
-//import DBUtils from '../../../../../brain/utils/tools/DBUtils';
-const utils = new DataUtils();
-const settings = require('../../site/settings.json');
+import DataUtils, { REQUEST_TYPE_POST, CONTENT_TYPE_JSON } from './utils/DataUtils';
+import * as DataEvent from './events/DataEvent';
+import DashManager from './controllers/DashManager';
+
+const data = new DataUtils();
 
 export default class Base {
 	//--------------------------
@@ -23,7 +21,7 @@ export default class Base {
 				.getElementById('login-btn')
 				.addEventListener('click', e => this.handleLogin(e));
 		} else {
-			let manager = new Manager();
+			//let dm = new DashManager();
 		}
 	}
 	//--------------------------
@@ -32,23 +30,32 @@ export default class Base {
 	handleLogin(e) {
 		e.stopPropagation();
 		e.preventDefault();
-		let authForm = utils.formDataToJSON(document.getElementById('login'));
-
-		request({
-			method: 'POST',
-			uri: settings.base_url + '/api/v1/auth/login',
-			body: authForm,
-			json: true
-		})
-			.then(res => {
-				if (res.type === DataEvent.REQUEST_LAME) {
-					e.target.innerHTML = res.message;
+		let authForm = data.formDataToJSON(document.getElementById('login'));
+		data.request(
+			'/api/v1/auth/login',
+			DataEvent.AUTH_STATUS,
+			REQUEST_TYPE_POST,
+			CONTENT_TYPE_JSON,
+			authForm
+		)
+			.then(r => {
+				let response = JSON.parse(r.request['response']);
+				if (response.type === DataEvent.REQUEST_LAME) {
+					e.target.innerHTML = response.message;
+					setTimeout(() => {
+						e.target.innerHTML = 'TRY IT AGAIN, HOMIE';
+					}, 1500);
+					//console.log('NOPE', response.message);
+					//self.dashManager = new DashManager();
 				} else {
-					window.location = '/@/dashboard';
+					e.target.innerHTML = response.message;
+					setTimeout(() => {
+						window.location = '/@/dashboard';
+					}, 500);
 				}
 			})
 			.catch(err => {
-				//console.log('ERROR', err);
+				//console.log(err);
 			});
 	}
 }

src/com/controllers/PostEditor.js

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import PostActions from '../actions/PostActions';
 import * as EditorEvent from '../../../src/com/events/EditorEvent';
 import TinyDatePicker from 'tiny-date-picker';
 import TextEditor from '../../../src/com/ui/TextEditor';
-import DBUtils, { FINAL_KEY } from '../../../src/com/utils/DBUtils';
 export default class PostEditor {
 	//TODO - FIX POST FEATURE URLS IN DB
 
@@ -14,22 +13,11 @@ export default class PostEditor {
 	//--------------------------
 	constructor() {
 		let self = this;
-		this.dataUtils = new DataUtils();
 		this.urlPieces = document.URL.split('/');
-		this.dbUtils = new DBUtils();
 		this.post = [];
 		this.postID = null;
 		if (document.getElementById('post-edit-index').getAttribute('data-index')) {
 			this.postID = document.getElementById('post-edit-index').getAttribute('data-index');
-			this.dbUtils
-				.getPost(this.postID)
-				.then(body => {
-					self.post = body.post;
-					this.start();
-				})
-				.catch();
-		} else {
-			this.start();
 		}
 		if (document.getElementById('edit-post-text')) {
 			this.editor = new TextEditor(
@@ -71,6 +59,8 @@ export default class PostEditor {
 					return self.dateUtils.getDate('origin', date);
 				}
 			});
+
+			this.start();
 		}
 	}
 	//--------------------------

src/com/ui/TextEditor.js

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ class TextEditor extends EventEmitter {
 	constructor(textEditor, scrollLimit) {
 		super();
 		hljs.initHighlightingOnLoad();
-		this.dateUtils = new DateUtils();
 		this.textEditor = textEditor;
 		this.fixLimit = scrollLimit;
 		this.caretPos = null;

src/com/utils/DataUtils.js

@@ -15,7 +15,46 @@ export default class DataUtils extends EventEmitter {
 	//--------------------------
 	// methods
 	//--------------------------
-
+	request(
+		requestURL,
+		eventType,
+		requestType = REQUEST_TYPE_GET,
+		contentType = CONTENT_TYPE_JSON,
+		requestData = null
+	) {
+		var self = this;
+		return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
+			var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
+			request.upload.onprogress = self.handleLoadProgress;
+			request.open(requestType, requestURL, true);
+			request.onload = () => {
+				if (request.status == 200) {
+					resolve({
+						request,
+						eventType
+					});
+				} else {
+					reject({
+						request,
+						eventType
+					});
+				}
+			};
+			if (requestType == REQUEST_TYPE_PUT || requestType == REQUEST_TYPE_POST) {
+				switch (contentType) {
+					case CONTENT_TYPE_JSON:
+						request.setRequestHeader('Content-type', 'application/' + contentType);
+						request.send(JSON.stringify(requestData));
+						break;
+					case CONTENT_TYPE_FORM:
+						request.send(requestData);
+						break;
+				}
+			} else {
+				request.send();
+			}
+		});
+	}
 	imgLoad(url) {
 		'use strict';
 		// Create new promise with the Promise() constructor;
@@ -73,6 +112,7 @@ export default class DataUtils extends EventEmitter {
 			);
 		});
 	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Create a function to convert the serialize and convert the form data to JSON
 	 * @param : $('#form_example');