v1.2.0: Allow payloads for custom HTTP verbs

lib/bhttp.coffee

@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ preparePayload = (request, response, requestState) ->
 		if request.options.encodeJSON and containsStreams
 			return Promise.reject() new bhttpErrors.ConflictingOptionsError "Sending a JSON-encoded payload containing data from a stream is not currently supported.", undefined, "Either don't use encodeJSON, or read your stream into a string or Buffer."
 
-		if request.options.method in ["post", "put", "patch"]
+		if request.options.method not in ["get", "head", "delete"]
 			# Prepare the payload, and set the appropriate headers.
 			if (request.options.encodeJSON or request.options.formFields?) and not multipart
 				# We know the payload and its size in advance.
@@ -293,6 +293,9 @@ preparePayload = (request, response, requestState) ->
 				debugRequest "length for inputBuffer is %s", request.payload.length
 				request.options.headers["content-length"] = request.payload.length
 
+				return Promise.resolve()
+			else
+				# No payload specified.
 				return Promise.resolve()
 		else
 			# GET, HEAD and DELETE should not have a payload. While technically not prohibited by the spec, it's also not specified, and we'd rather not upset poorly-compliant webservers.

lib/bhttp.js

@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ preparePayload = function(request, response, requestState) {
     if (request.options.encodeJSON && containsStreams) {
       return Promise.reject()(new bhttpErrors.ConflictingOptionsError("Sending a JSON-encoded payload containing data from a stream is not currently supported.", void 0, "Either don't use encodeJSON, or read your stream into a string or Buffer."));
     }
-    if ((_ref = request.options.method) === "post" || _ref === "put" || _ref === "patch") {
+    if ((_ref = request.options.method) !== "get" && _ref !== "head" && _ref !== "delete") {
       if ((request.options.encodeJSON || (request.options.formFields != null)) && !multipart) {
         debugRequest("got url-encodable form-data");
         if (request.options.encodeJSON) {
@@ -324,6 +324,8 @@ preparePayload = function(request, response, requestState) {
         debugRequest("length for inputBuffer is %s", request.payload.length);
         request.options.headers["content-length"] = request.payload.length;
         return Promise.resolve();
+      } else {
+        return Promise.resolve();
       }
     } else {
       return Promise.resolve();

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "bhttp",
-  "version": "1.1.3",
+  "version": "1.2.0",
   "description": "A sane HTTP client library for Node.js with Streams2 support.",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {