@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ module RestClient net.start do |http| http.read_timeout = @timeout if @timeout - res = http.request(req, payload || "") + res = http.request(req, payload) display_log response_log(res) process_result res end lib/rest_client.rb @@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ describe RestClient do @request.transmit(@uri, 'req', 'payload') end - it "doesn't send nil payloads" do - @http.should_receive(:request).with('req', '') + it "sends nil payloads" do + @http.should_receive(:request).with('req', nil) @request.should_receive(:process_result) @request.stub!(:response_log) @request.transmit(@uri, 'req', nil) spec/rest_client_spec.rb dd37895b6fff186a0ae4ce9e1ac7305a5fc2fbcc Coda Hale coda.hale@gmail.com http://github.com/pedro/rest-client/commit/847ac7f5f3291533dfc0297e7b0be8c55ce7182e 847ac7f5f3291533dfc0297e7b0be8c55ce7182e 2008-12-19T02:31:42-08:00 2008-12-09T18:05:26-08:00 Allow for the sending of nil payloads. If a blank string is used in place of nil to mean "no request entity", Net::HTTP::HTTPGenericRequest#supply_default_content_type is called, which sets the request's Content-Type to application/x-www-form-urlencoded. This is problematic, because many servers will return a 406 Not Acceptable, indicating that the given resource cannot accept request entities of that type. By using nil as the "no request entity" sigil, Net::HTTP::HTTPGenericRequest will not automatically append a Content-Type to the request, resovling this issue. ab8429cf74c13955c3cece04b69f480692d85926 Adam Wiggins adam@heroku.com