2 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/indirector/rest.rb b/lib/puppet/indirector/rest.rb
index e50dc68ae..0d3997221 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/indirector/rest.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/indirector/rest.rb
@@ -72,7 +72,17 @@ class Puppet::Indirector::REST < Puppet::Indirector::Terminus
   end
 
   def find(request)
-    return nil unless result = deserialize(network(request).get(indirection2uri(request), headers))
+    uri, body = request_to_uri_and_body(request)
+    uri_with_query_string = "#{uri}?#{body}"
+    http_connection = network(request)
+    # WEBrick in Ruby 1.9.1 only supports up to 1024 character lines in an HTTP request
+    # http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/3991
+    response = if "GET #{uri_with_query_string} HTTP/1.1\r\n".length > 1024
+      http_connection.post(uri, body, headers)
+    else
+      http_connection.get(uri_with_query_string, headers)
+    end
+    result = deserialize response
     result.name = request.key if result.respond_to?(:name=)
     result
   end
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]