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+import { Envelope, EventStatus, SentryRequestType } from '@sentry/types';
+import {
+  eventStatusFromHttpCode,
+  makePromiseBuffer,
+  PromiseBuffer,
+  rejectedSyncPromise,
+  resolvedSyncPromise,
+  serializeEnvelope,
+  SentryError,
+} from '@sentry/utils';
+
+export type TransportRequest = {
+  body: string;
+  type: SentryRequestType;
+};
+
+export type TransportMakeRequestResponse = {
+  body?: string;
+  headers?: Record<string, string | null>;
+  reason?: string;
+  statusCode: number;
+};
+
+export type TransportResponse = {
+  status: EventStatus;
+  reason?: string;
+};
+
+export interface BaseTransportOptions {
+  // url to send the event
+  // transport does not care about dsn specific - client should take care of
+  // parsing and figuring that out
+  url: string;
+  headers?: Record<string, string>;
+  bufferSize?: number; // make transport buffer size configurable
+}
+
+export interface BrowserTransportOptions extends BaseTransportOptions {
+  // options to pass into fetch request
+  fetchParams: Record<string, string>;
+  sendClientReports?: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface NodeTransportOptions extends BaseTransportOptions {
+  // Set a HTTP proxy that should be used for outbound requests.
+  httpProxy?: string;
+  // Set a HTTPS proxy that should be used for outbound requests.
+  httpsProxy?: string;
+  // HTTPS proxy certificates path
+  caCerts?: string;
+}
+
+interface INewTransport {
+  send(request: Envelope, type: SentryRequestType): PromiseLike<TransportResponse>;
+  flush(timeout: number): PromiseLike<boolean>;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Heavily based on Kamil's work in
+ * https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-javascript/blob/v7-dev/packages/transport-base/src/transport.ts
+ */
+export abstract class BaseTransport implements INewTransport {
+  protected readonly _buffer: PromiseBuffer<TransportResponse>;
+  private readonly _rateLimits: Record<string, number> = {};
+
+  public constructor(protected readonly _options: BaseTransportOptions) {
+    this._buffer = makePromiseBuffer(this._options.bufferSize || 30);
+  }
+
+  /**  */
+  public send(envelope: Envelope, type: SentryRequestType): PromiseLike<TransportResponse> {
+    const request: TransportRequest = {
+      // I'm undecided if the type API should work like this
+      // though we are a little stuck with this because of how
+      // minimal the envelopes implementation is
+      // perhaps there is a way we can expand it?
+      type,
+      body: serializeEnvelope(envelope),
+    };
+
+    if (isRateLimited(this._rateLimits, type)) {
+      return rejectedSyncPromise(
+        new SentryError(`oh no, disabled until: ${rateLimitDisableUntil(this._rateLimits, type)}`),
+      );
+    }
+
+    const requestTask = (): PromiseLike<TransportResponse> =>
+      this._makeRequest(request).then(({ body, headers, reason, statusCode }): PromiseLike<TransportResponse> => {
+        if (headers) {
+          updateRateLimits(this._rateLimits, headers);
+        }
+
+        // TODO: This is the happy path!
+        const status = eventStatusFromHttpCode(statusCode);
+        if (status === 'success') {
+          return resolvedSyncPromise({ status });
+        }
+
+        return rejectedSyncPromise(new SentryError(body || reason || 'Unknown transport error'));
+      });
+
+    return this._buffer.add(requestTask);
+  }
+
+  /** */
+  public flush(timeout?: number): PromiseLike<boolean> {
+    return this._buffer.drain(timeout);
+  }
+
+  // Each is up to each transport implementation to determine how to make a request -> return an according response
+  // `TransportMakeRequestResponse` is different than `TransportResponse` because the client doesn't care about
+  // these extra details
+  protected abstract _makeRequest(request: TransportRequest): PromiseLike<TransportMakeRequestResponse>;
+}
+
+/** */
+function createTransport<O extends BaseTransportOptions>(
+  options: O,
+  makeRequest: (request: TransportRequest) => PromiseLike<TransportMakeRequestResponse>,
+): INewTransport {
+  const buffer = makePromiseBuffer(options.bufferSize || 30);
+  const rateLimits: Record<string, number> = {};
+
+  const flush = (timeout?: number): PromiseLike<boolean> => buffer.drain(timeout);
+
+  function send(envelope: Envelope, type: SentryRequestType): PromiseLike<TransportResponse> {
+    const request: TransportRequest = {
+      // I'm undecided if the type API should work like this
+      // though we are a little stuck with this because of how
+      // minimal the envelopes implementation is
+      // perhaps there is a way we can expand it?
+      type,
+      body: serializeEnvelope(envelope),
+    };
+
+    if (isRateLimited(rateLimits, type)) {
+      return rejectedSyncPromise(new SentryError(`oh no, disabled until: ${rateLimitDisableUntil(rateLimits, type)}`));
+    }
+
+    const requestTask = (): PromiseLike<TransportResponse> =>
+      makeRequest(request).then(({ body, headers, reason, statusCode }): PromiseLike<TransportResponse> => {
+        if (headers) {
+          updateRateLimits(rateLimits, headers);
+        }
+
+        // TODO: This is the happy path!
+        const status = eventStatusFromHttpCode(statusCode);
+        if (status === 'success') {
+          return resolvedSyncPromise({ status });
+        }
+
+        return rejectedSyncPromise(new SentryError(body || reason || 'Unknown transport error'));
+      });
+
+    return buffer.add(requestTask);
+  }
+
+  return { send, flush };
+}