Merge pull request #74 from jkaving/post-without-data

#74 Support POST requests without data in web.py

tests/test_web.py

@@ -177,6 +177,13 @@ def test_post_json(self):
             self.assert_(data['json'][key] == self.data[key])
         return
 
+    def test_post_without_data(self):
+        """POST request without data"""
+        url = BASE_URL + 'post'
+        r = web.post(url)
+        self.assert_(r.status_code == 200)
+        r.raise_for_status()
+
     def test_timeout(self):
         """Request times out"""
         url = self.httpbin.url + '/delay/3'

workflow/web.py

@@ -506,7 +506,6 @@ def request(method, url, params=None, data=None, headers=None, cookies=None,
     """
 
     # TODO: cookies
-    # TODO: any way to force GET or POST?
     socket.setdefaulttimeout(timeout)
 
     # Default handlers
@@ -542,6 +541,10 @@ def request(method, url, params=None, data=None, headers=None, cookies=None,
 
     headers['accept-encoding'] = ', '.join(encodings)
 
+    # Force a POST by providing an empty data string
+    if method == 'POST' and not data:
+        data = ''
+
     if files:
         if not data:
             data = {}