* lib/net/http.rb (Net::HTTP.post): new convenience method to send a POST request.

git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@56597 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sat Nov  5 23:30:41 2016  Shugo Maeda  <shugo@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* lib/net/http.rb (Net::HTTP.post): new convenience method to send
+	  a POST request.
+
 Sat Nov  5 23:03:54 2016  NARUSE, Yui  <naruse@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* lib/net/http.rb (transport_request): other than HTTPContinue

NEWS

@@ -217,6 +217,9 @@ with all sufficient information, see the ChangeLog file or Redmine
 
   * Don't allow , as a separator [Bug #12791]
 
+* Net::HTTP
+  * New method: Net::HTTP.post [Feature #12375]
+
 === Compatibility issues (excluding feature bug fixes)
 
 * Array#sum and Enumerable#sum are implemented.  [Feature #12217]

lib/net/http.rb

@@ -489,6 +489,24 @@ module Net   #:nodoc:
       end
     end
 
+    # Posts data to the specified URI object.
+    #
+    # Example:
+    #
+    #   require 'net/http'
+    #   require 'uri'
+    #
+    #   Net::HTTP.post URI('http://www.example.com/api/search'),
+    #                  { "q" => "ruby", "max" => "50" }.to_json,
+    #                  "Content-Type" => "application/json"
+    #
+    def HTTP.post(url, data, header = nil)
+      start(url.hostname, url.port,
+            :use_ssl => url.scheme == 'https' ) {|http|
+        http.post(url.path, data, header)
+      }
+    end
+
     # Posts HTML form data to the specified URI object.
     # The form data must be provided as a Hash mapping from String to String.
     # Example:

test/net/http/test_http.rb

@@ -384,6 +384,22 @@ module TestNetHTTP_version_1_1_methods
     end
   end
 
+  def test_s_post
+    url = "http://#{config('host')}:#{config('port')}/"
+    res = Net::HTTP.post(
+              URI.parse(url),
+              "a=x")
+    assert_equal "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", res["Content-Type"]
+    assert_equal "a=x", res.body
+
+    res = Net::HTTP.post(
+              URI.parse(url),
+              "hello world",
+              "Content-Type" => "text/plain; charset=US-ASCII")
+    assert_equal "text/plain; charset=US-ASCII", res["Content-Type"]
+    assert_equal "hello world", res.body
+  end
+
   def test_s_post_form
     url = "http://#{config('host')}:#{config('port')}/"
     res = Net::HTTP.post_form(