major code refactor, add uex lookup

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diff --git a/174bg/discord-bot/source/controllers/http.js b/174bg/discord-bot/source/controllers/http.js
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+/**
+ * Controller module for interacting with HTTP resources, mainly for fetching JSON data from external APIs.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Fetches data from a specified URL and returns the response as JSON or text.
+ * @param {string} url - The URL to fetch data from.
+ * @returns {Promise<Object|string|null>} A Promise that resolves to the parsed JSON object, text, or null if the request fails.
+ */
+export async function get(url) {
+    const response = await fetch(url);
+
+    if (!response.ok) return null;
+
+    // is it json?
+    const contentType = response.headers.get("content-type");
+    if (contentType && contentType.includes("application/json")) {
+        return await response.json();
+    }
+
+    // fallback to text
+    return await response.text();
+};
+
+export default { get };
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