add option to not create fresh APIs for every read

src/util/types.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ export type PublicKey = string
 export type Amount = number
 export type TxHash = string
 export type Options = {
-    debug: boolean,
-    connectionTimeout: number
+    debug?: boolean
+    connectionTimeout?: number
+    readFreshApi?: boolean
+}
+
+export const defaultOptions = {
+    debug: false,
+    connectionTimeout: 100000,
+    readFreshApi: true
   }

src/xrpIO/xrpl-binding.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Memo, Options } from '../util/types'
+import { defaultOptions, Memo, Options } from '../util/types'
 import { Client, Payment, TxResponse, Wallet } from 'xrpl'
 
 import * as zlib from 'zlib'
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@ export class xrpIO {
 
   constructor(
     private server: string,
-    private options: Options = {
-      debug: false,
-      connectionTimeout: 100000
-    }
+    private options: Options = defaultOptions
   ) {
+
+    this.options.debug = this.options.debug ? Boolean(this.options.debug) : defaultOptions.debug
+    this.options.connectionTimeout = this.options.connectionTimeout ? Number(this.options.connectionTimeout) : defaultOptions.connectionTimeout
+    this.options.readFreshApi = this.options.readFreshApi ? Boolean(this.options.readFreshApi) : defaultOptions.readFreshApi
+
     this.api = new Client(server, {
       connectionTimeout: this.options.connectionTimeout
     })
@@ -101,8 +103,9 @@ export class xrpIO {
 
   private async getTransaction(hash: string): Promise<TxResponse> {
     this.dbg("Getting Tx", hash)
-    let _api = await this.cloneApi()
 
+    if (this.options.readFreshApi) {
+      let _api = await this.cloneApi()
       while (true) {
         try {
           const response = await _api.request({
@@ -117,6 +120,12 @@ export class xrpIO {
           _api = await this.cloneApi()
         }
       }
+    }else{
+      return await this.api.request({
+        command: 'tx',
+        transaction: hash,
+      })
+    }
   }
 
   public async readRaw(hash: string): Promise<Memo> {

test/primitives.ts

@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ let sendWallet: Wallet
 let receiveWallet: Wallet
 let api: xrpIO
 
-const ONLY_LARGE_TESTS = true
-
 describe('XRPIO', () => {
     before(async function(){
         this.timeout(15000)