(#6117) Add POST support to indirector requests

POST with a singular indirection is turned into a find in the indirector.

When making a large find request from a REST terminus, POST is used, and for
small requests, GET is used for backward compatibility.

Paired-With: Jesse Wolfe

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/puppet/network/http/api/v1.rb b/lib/puppet/network/http/api/v1.rb
index 5fe143979..61307f01e 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/network/http/api/v1.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/network/http/api/v1.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ module Puppet::Network::HTTP::API::V1
       :plural => :search,
       :singular => :find
     },
+    "POST" => {
+      :singular => :find,
+    },
     "PUT" => {
       :singular => :save
     },
@@ -41,6 +44,11 @@ module Puppet::Network::HTTP::API::V1
     "/#{request.environment.to_s}/#{indirection}/#{request.escaped_key}#{request.query_string}"
   end
 
+  def request_to_uri_and_body(request)
+    indirection = request.method == :search ? pluralize(request.indirection_name.to_s) : request.indirection_name.to_s
+    ["/#{request.environment.to_s}/#{indirection}/#{request.escaped_key}", request.query_string.sub(/^\?/,'')]
+  end
+
   def indirection_method(http_method, indirection)
     raise ArgumentError, "No support for http method #{http_method}" unless METHOD_MAP[http_method]