* 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

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/test/net/http/test_http.rb b/test/net/http/test_http.rb
index 9dd665c530..f2c03f2915 100644
--- a/test/net/http/test_http.rb
+++ b/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(