From 8485e67df322cea0e7e8bd9f22d40bcf6be67651 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samuel Marks <samuelmarks@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 15:08:03 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Added remaining HTTP shortcut methods

Docs for HTTP GET shortcut method https://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_http_get_options_callback
---
 lib/http.js | 21 ++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/http.js b/lib/http.js
index 64788dd5c07f9f..34fdeb42a23ac0 100644
--- a/lib/http.js
+++ b/lib/http.js
@@ -31,11 +31,22 @@ exports.request = function(options, cb) {
   return new ClientRequest(options, cb);
 };
 
-exports.get = function(options, cb) {
-  var req = exports.request(options, cb);
-  req.end();
-  return req;
-};
+function shortcutMethod(method) {
+  return function(options, cb) {
+    options['method'] = method;
+    var req = exports.request(options, cb);
+    req.end();
+    return req;
+  }
+}
+
+exports.get = shortcutMethod('GET');
+exports.head = shortcutMethod('HEAD');
+exports.post = shortcutMethod('POST');
+exports.put = shortcutMethod('PUT');
+exports.del = shortcutMethod('DELETE');
+exports['delete'] = exports.del;
+exports.patch = shortcutMethod('PATCH');
 
 exports._connectionListener = server._connectionListener;
 const Server = exports.Server = server.Server;