Basic rest-client only post_file.

lib/rest/client.rb

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ def initialize(msg=nil)
     end
   end
 
+  require_relative 'wrappers/base_wrapper'
+
   def self.puts(s)
     Kernel.puts("rest gem: #{s}")
   end
@@ -49,7 +51,6 @@ def initialize(options={})
         @wrapper = Rest::Wrappers::NetHttpPersistentWrapper.new(self)
         Rest.puts "Using net-http-persistent gem."
       else
-        require_relative 'wrappers/rest_client_wrapper'
         @wrapper = Rest::Wrappers::RestClientWrapper.new
         Rest.puts "Using rest-client gem. Please install 'typhoeus' or net-http-persistent gem for best performance."
       end
@@ -134,6 +135,14 @@ def delete(url, req_hash={})
       return res
     end
 
+    def post_file(url, req_hash={})
+      res = nil
+      perform_op do
+        res = @wrapper.post_file(url, req_hash)
+      end
+      return res
+    end
+
     def close
       @wrapper.close
     end

lib/rest/wrappers/base_wrapper.rb

@@ -1,7 +1,32 @@
 class BaseWrapper
 
+  def post_file(url, req_hash={})
+    response = nil
+    begin
+      if req_hash[:body]
+        req_hash = req_hash.merge(req_hash[:body])
+        req_hash.delete(:body)
+      end
+
+      headers = {}
+      if req_hash[:headers]
+        headers = req_hash[:headers]
+        req_hash.delete(:headers)
+      end
+
+      r2 = RestClient.post(url, req_hash, headers)
+      response = Rest::Wrappers::RestClientResponseWrapper.new(r2)
+    rescue RestClient::Exception => ex
+      raise Rest::Wrappers::RestClientExceptionWrapper.new(ex)
+    end
+    response
+  end
+
   # if wrapper has a close/shutdown, override this
   def close
 
   end
-end
+end
+
+# we need it for post_file, ok as gem already depends on it
+require_relative 'rest_client_wrapper'

lib/rest/wrappers/net_http_persistent_wrapper.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 require 'net/http/persistent'
-require_relative 'base_wrapper'
 
 module Rest
 
@@ -155,4 +154,4 @@ def close
 
   end
 
-end
+end

lib/rest/wrappers/rest_client_wrapper.rb

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def body
 
     end
 
-    class RestClientWrapper
+    class RestClientWrapper < BaseWrapper
 
       def default_headers
         {}
@@ -97,4 +97,4 @@ def delete(url, req_hash={})
 
   end
 
-end
+end

lib/rest/wrappers/typhoeus_wrapper.rb

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def initialize(response)
       end
     end
 
-    class TyphoeusWrapper
+    class TyphoeusWrapper < BaseWrapper
 
       def default_typhoeus_options
         req_hash = {}
@@ -78,4 +78,4 @@ def delete(url, req_hash={})
 
   end
 
-end
+end