Merge pull request #14 from gobuffalo/json-improvements

added functions to allow for any http verb

file.go

@@ -18,15 +18,15 @@ func (r *Request) MultiPartPost(body interface{}, files ...File) (*Response, err
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return r.perform(req), nil
+	return r.Perform(req), nil
 }
 
 func (r *Request) MultiPartPut(body interface{}, files ...File) (*Response, error) {
 	req, err := newMultipart(r.URL, "PUT", body, files...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return r.perform(req), nil
+	return r.Perform(req), nil
 }
 
 // this helper method was inspired by this blog post by Matt Aimonetti:

json.go

@@ -27,33 +27,45 @@ func (r *JSONResponse) Bind(x interface{}) {
 
 func (r *JSON) Get() *JSONResponse {
 	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", r.URL, nil)
-	return r.perform(req)
+	return r.Perform(req)
 }
 
 func (r *JSON) Delete() *JSONResponse {
 	req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", r.URL, nil)
-	return r.perform(req)
+	return r.Perform(req)
 }
 
 func (r *JSON) Post(body interface{}) *JSONResponse {
 	b, _ := json.Marshal(body)
 	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", r.URL, bytes.NewReader(b))
-	return r.perform(req)
+	return r.Perform(req)
 }
 
 func (r *JSON) Put(body interface{}) *JSONResponse {
 	b, _ := json.Marshal(body)
 	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PUT", r.URL, bytes.NewReader(b))
-	return r.perform(req)
+	return r.Perform(req)
 }
 
 func (r *JSON) Patch(body interface{}) *JSONResponse {
 	b, _ := json.Marshal(body)
 	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", r.URL, bytes.NewReader(b))
-	return r.perform(req)
+	return r.Perform(req)
 }
 
-func (r *JSON) perform(req *http.Request) *JSONResponse {
+func (r *JSON) Do(method string, body interface{}) (*JSONResponse, error) {
+	b, err := json.Marshal(body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, r.URL, bytes.NewReader(b))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return r.Perform(req), nil
+}
+
+func (r *JSON) Perform(req *http.Request) *JSONResponse {
 	if r.handler.HmaxSecret != "" {
 		hmax.SignRequest(req, []byte(r.handler.HmaxSecret))
 	}

json_test.go

@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ func JSONApp() http.Handler {
 			Message: "Hello from Get!",
 		})
 	})
+	p.Handle("HEAD", "/head", func(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+		res.WriteHeader(418)
+		json.NewEncoder(res).Encode(jBody{
+			Method:  req.Method,
+			Message: "Hello from Head!",
+		})
+	})
 	p.Handle("DELETE", "/delete", func(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		res.WriteHeader(201)
 		json.NewEncoder(res).Encode(jBody{
@@ -97,6 +104,23 @@ func Test_JSON_Get(t *testing.T) {
 	r.Equal("Hello from Get!", jb.Message)
 }
 
+func Test_JSON_Head(t *testing.T) {
+	r := require.New(t)
+	w := New(JSONApp())
+
+	c := w.JSON("/head")
+	r.Equal("/head", c.URL)
+
+	res, err := c.Do("HEAD", nil)
+	r.NoError(err)
+	r.Equal(418, res.Code)
+
+	jb := &jBody{}
+	res.Bind(jb)
+	r.Equal("HEAD", jb.Method)
+	r.Equal("Hello from Head!", jb.Message)
+}
+
 func Test_JSON_Delete(t *testing.T) {
 	r := require.New(t)
 	w := New(JSONApp())

request.go

@@ -28,27 +28,35 @@ func (r *Request) SetBasicAuth(username, password string) {
 
 func (r *Request) Get() *Response {
 	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", r.URL, nil)
-	return r.perform(req)
+	return r.Perform(req)
 }
 
 func (r *Request) Delete() *Response {
 	req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", r.URL, nil)
-	return r.perform(req)
+	return r.Perform(req)
 }
 
 func (r *Request) Post(body interface{}) *Response {
 	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", r.URL, toReader(body))
 	r.Headers["Content-Type"] = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
-	return r.perform(req)
+	return r.Perform(req)
 }
 
 func (r *Request) Put(body interface{}) *Response {
 	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PUT", r.URL, toReader(body))
 	r.Headers["Content-Type"] = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
-	return r.perform(req)
+	return r.Perform(req)
 }
 
-func (r *Request) perform(req *http.Request) *Response {
+func (r *Request) Do(method string, body interface{}) (*Response, error) {
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, r.URL, toReader(body))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return r.Perform(req), nil
+}
+
+func (r *Request) Perform(req *http.Request) *Response {
 	if r.handler.HmaxSecret != "" {
 		hmax.SignRequest(req, []byte(r.handler.HmaxSecret))
 	}