Decreased master load time by 30%, web postJSON now returns a promise

.gitignore

@@ -50,3 +50,5 @@ sharedPlugins/*
 !sharedPlugins/remoteCommands/
 !sharedPlugins/researchSync/
 !sharedPlugins/globalChat/
+
+\.cache-require-paths\.json

master.js

@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ process.on('unhandledRejection', r => console.log(r));
 // configgy stuff
 debug = false;
 
+// reduces loadtime from 1700 ms to 1200 ms on my i3 + SSD
+// tested by logging Date.now() here and when the webserver started listening
+require('cache-require-paths');
+
 // constants
 const masterModFolder = "./database/masterMods/";
 const config = require('./config');
@@ -46,8 +50,8 @@ const https = require("https");
 const jwt = require('jsonwebtoken');
 const bcrypt = require('bcryptjs');
 
-var crypto = require('crypto');
-var base64url = require('base64url');
+const crypto = require('crypto');
+const base64url = require('base64url');
 
 /** Sync */
 function randomStringAsBase64Url(size) {

package.json

@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@
     "as-table": "^1.0.31",
     "averaged-timeseries": "^1.4.0",
     "base64url": "^3.0.0",
+    "bcrypt": "^2.0.1",
+    "bcrypt-promise": "^2.0.0",
     "bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
     "body-parser": "^1.18.2",
+    "cache-require-paths": "^0.3.0",
     "codecov": "^3.0.1",
     "compression": "^1.7.2",
     "deepmerge": "^1.5.2",

static/main.js

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ function getJSON(url, callback) {
 				resolve(xhr.response);
 			} else {
 				if(callback) callback(status);
-				resolve(status);
+				reject(status);
 			}
 		};
 		// triggers if connection is refused
@@ -107,23 +107,28 @@ function getJSON(url, callback) {
 };
 // callback(err, json)
 function postJSON(url, data, callback) {
-	var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
-	xhr.open('POST', url, true);
-	xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json; charset=UTF-8');
-	xhr.responseType = 'json';
-	xhr.onload = function() {
-		var status = xhr.status;
-		if (status == 200) {
-		callback(null, xhr.response);
-		} else {
-		callback(status);
-		}
-	};
-	// triggers if connection is refused
-	xhr.onerror = function(e){
-		callback(e);
-	};
-	xhr.send(JSON.stringify(data));
+	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+		var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
+		xhr.open('POST', url, true);
+		xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json; charset=UTF-8');
+		xhr.responseType = 'json';
+		xhr.onload = function() {
+			var status = xhr.status;
+			if (status == 200) {
+				if(callback) callback(null, xhr.response);
+				resolve(xhr.response);
+			} else {
+				if(callback) callback(status);
+				reject(status);
+			}
+		};
+		// triggers if connection is refused
+		xhr.onerror = function(e){
+			if(callback) callback(e);
+			reject(e);
+		};
+		xhr.send(JSON.stringify(data));
+	});
 };
 // return Boolean
 function isJSON(string){