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+'use strict';
+const url = require('url');
+const https = require('https');
+
+/**
+ * This currently needs to be applied to all Node.js versions
+ * in order to determine if the `req` is an HTTP or HTTPS request.
+ *
+ * There is currently no PR attempting to move this property upstream.
+ */
+const patchMarker = "__agent_base_https_request_patched__";
+if (!https.request[patchMarker]) {
+ https.request = (function(request) {
+ return function(_options, cb) {
+ let options;
+ if (typeof _options === 'string') {
+ options = url.parse(_options);
+ } else {
+ options = Object.assign({}, _options);
+ }
+ if (null == options.port) {
+ options.port = 443;
+ }
+ options.secureEndpoint = true;
+ return request.call(https, options, cb);
+ };
+ })(https.request);
+ https.request[patchMarker] = true;
+}
+
+/**
+ * This is needed for Node.js >= 9.0.0 to make sure `https.get()` uses the
+ * patched `https.request()`.
+ *
+ * Ref: https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5118f31
+ */
+https.get = function (_url, _options, cb) {
+ let options;
+ if (typeof _url === 'string' && _options && typeof _options !== 'function') {
+ options = Object.assign({}, url.parse(_url), _options);
+ } else if (!_options && !cb) {
+ options = _url;
+ } else if (!cb) {
+ options = _url;
+ cb = _options;
+ }
+
+ const req = https.request(options, cb);
+ req.end();
+ return req;
+};