From 4634c2004cf05e5e4667e78f5f458a4290cb249a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@segment7.net>
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2016 20:41:36 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Restore support for String as URI for #request

---
 lib/net/http/persistent.rb       |  1 +
 test/test_net_http_persistent.rb | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/net/http/persistent.rb b/lib/net/http/persistent.rb
index 9e26491..338ca9e 100644
--- a/lib/net/http/persistent.rb
+++ b/lib/net/http/persistent.rb
@@ -1012,6 +1012,7 @@ def request uri, req = nil, &block
     retried      = false
     bad_response = false
 
+    uri      = URI uri
     req      = request_setup req || uri
     response = nil
 
diff --git a/test/test_net_http_persistent.rb b/test/test_net_http_persistent.rb
index e1001f3..551d1e2 100644
--- a/test/test_net_http_persistent.rb
+++ b/test/test_net_http_persistent.rb
@@ -1350,6 +1350,22 @@ def test_request_setup
     assert_equal '30',         req['keep-alive']
   end
 
+  def test_request_string
+    @http.override_headers['user-agent'] = 'test ua'
+    @http.headers['accept'] = 'text/*'
+    c = connection
+
+    res = @http.request @uri.to_s
+    req = c.http.req
+
+    assert_kind_of Net::HTTPResponse, res
+
+    assert_kind_of Net::HTTP::Get, req
+    assert_equal '/path',      req.path
+
+    assert_equal 1, c.requests
+  end
+
   def test_request_setup_uri
     uri = @uri + '?a=b'