3 files changed, 82 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f4e662aa..01e8663a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
 
 1.4.14 ...
+        check_http has options to specify the HTTP method (#2155152)
         check_users thresholds were not working excatly as documented (>= rather than >)
         Updated tinderbox_build script to point to new tinderbox server
         check_ifoperstatus -n flag now works as expected (sf.net #1569488)
diff --git a/plugins/check_http.c b/plugins/check_http.c
index 69ed2fa9..df5daf2d 100644
--- a/plugins/check_http.c
+++ b/plugins/check_http.c
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ process_arguments (int argc, char **argv)
     {"nohtml", no_argument, 0, 'n'},
     {"ssl", no_argument, 0, 'S'},
     {"post", required_argument, 0, 'P'},
+    {"method", required_argument, 0, 'j'},
     {"IP-address", required_argument, 0, 'I'},
     {"url", required_argument, 0, 'u'},
     {"port", required_argument, 0, 'p'},
@@ -228,7 +229,7 @@ process_arguments (int argc, char **argv)
   }
 
   while (1) {
-    c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "Vvh46t:c:w:A:k:H:P:T:I:a:e:p:s:R:r:u:f:C:nlLSm:M:N", longopts, &option);
+    c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "Vvh46t:c:w:A:k:H:P:j:T:I:a:e:p:s:R:r:u:f:C:nlLSm:M:N", longopts, &option);
     if (c == -1 || c == EOF)
       break;
 
@@ -344,10 +345,16 @@ process_arguments (int argc, char **argv)
       strncpy (user_auth, optarg, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1);
       user_auth[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1] = 0;
       break;
-    case 'P': /* HTTP POST data in URL encoded format */
-      if (http_method || http_post_data) break;
-      http_method = strdup("POST");
-      http_post_data = strdup (optarg);
+    case 'P': /* HTTP POST data in URL encoded format; ignored if settings already */
+      if (! http_post_data)
+        http_post_data = strdup (optarg);
+      if (! http_method)
+        http_method = strdup("POST");
+      break;
+    case 'j': /* Set HTTP method */
+      if (http_method)
+        free(http_method);
+      http_method = strdup (optarg);
       break;
     case 's': /* string or substring */
       strncpy (string_expect, optarg, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1);
@@ -817,7 +824,7 @@ check_http (void)
     asprintf (&buf, "%sAuthorization: Basic %s\r\n", buf, auth);
   }
 
-  /* either send http POST data */
+  /* either send http POST data (any data, not only POST)*/
   if (http_post_data) {
     if (http_content_type) {
       asprintf (&buf, "%sContent-Type: %s\r\n", buf, http_content_type);
@@ -1313,6 +1320,8 @@ print_help (void)
   printf ("    %s\n", _("URL to GET or POST (default: /)"));
   printf (" %s\n", "-P, --post=STRING");
   printf ("    %s\n", _("URL encoded http POST data"));
+  printf (" %s\n", "-j, --method=STRING  (for example: HEAD, OPTIONS, TRACE, PUT, DELETE)");
+  printf ("    %s\n", _("Set HTTP method."));
   printf (" %s\n", "-N, --no-body");
   printf ("    %s\n", _("Don't wait for document body: stop reading after headers."));
   printf ("    %s\n", _("(Note that this still does an HTTP GET or POST, not a HEAD.)"));
@@ -1396,5 +1405,5 @@ print_usage (void)
   printf ("       [-a auth] [-f <ok | warn | critcal | follow>] [-e <expect>]\n");
   printf ("       [-s string] [-l] [-r <regex> | -R <case-insensitive regex>] [-P string]\n");
   printf ("       [-m <min_pg_size>:<max_pg_size>] [-4|-6] [-N] [-M <age>] [-A string]\n");
-  printf ("       [-k string] [-S] [-C <age>] [-T <content-type>]\n");
+  printf ("       [-k string] [-S] [-C <age>] [-T <content-type>] [-j method]\n");
 }
diff --git a/plugins/tests/check_http.t b/plugins/tests/check_http.t
index 6b932d9d..d54932e6 100755
--- a/plugins/tests/check_http.t
+++ b/plugins/tests/check_http.t
@@ -33,9 +33,7 @@ if ($pid) {
         print "Please contact me at: <URL:", $d->url, ">\n";
         while (my $c = $d->accept ) {
                 while (my $r = $c->get_request) {
-                        if ($r->method eq "GET" and $r->url->path eq "/xyzzy") {
-                                $c->send_file_response("/etc/passwd");
-                        } elsif ($r->method eq "GET" and $r->url->path =~ m^/statuscode/(\d+)^) {
+                        if ($r->method eq "GET" and $r->url->path =~ m^/statuscode/(\d+)^) {
                                 $c->send_basic_header($1);
                                 $c->send_crlf;
                         } elsif ($r->method eq "GET" and $r->url->path =~ m^/file/(.*)^) {
@@ -47,6 +45,18 @@ if ($pid) {
                                 $c->send_crlf;
                                 sleep 1;
                                 $c->send_response("slow");
+                        } elsif ($r->url->path eq "/method") {
+                                if ($r->method eq "DELETE") {
+                                        $c->send_error(RC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED);
+                                } elsif ($r->method eq "foo") {
+                                        $c->send_error(RC_NOT_IMPLEMENTED);
+                                } else {
+                                        $c->send_status_line(200, $r->method);
+                                }
+                        } elsif ($r->url->path eq "/postdata") {
+                                $c->send_basic_header;
+                                $c->send_crlf;
+                                $c->send_response($r->method.":".$r->content);
                         } else {
                                 $c->send_error(RC_FORBIDDEN);
                         }
@@ -63,7 +73,7 @@ if ($ARGV[0] && $ARGV[0] eq "-d") {
 }
 
 if (-x "./check_http") {
-        plan tests => 19;
+        plan tests => 39;
 } else {
         plan skip_all => "No check_http compiled";
 }
@@ -119,3 +129,54 @@ $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
 is( $result->return_code, 2, $cmd);
 like( $result->output, '/^HTTP CRITICAL - Invalid HTTP response received from host on port (\d+): HTTP/1.1 203 Non-Authoritative Information/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
 
+$cmd = "$command -j HEAD -u /method";
+$result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
+is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
+like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK HTTP/1.1 200 HEAD - 19 bytes in ([\d\.]+) seconds/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+
+$cmd = "$command -j POST -u /method";
+$result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
+is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
+like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK HTTP/1.1 200 POST - 19 bytes in ([\d\.]+) seconds/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+
+$cmd = "$command -j GET -u /method";
+$result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
+is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
+like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK HTTP/1.1 200 GET - 18 bytes in ([\d\.]+) seconds/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+
+$cmd = "$command -u /method";
+$result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
+is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
+like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK HTTP/1.1 200 GET - 18 bytes in ([\d\.]+) seconds/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+
+$cmd = "$command -P foo -u /method";
+$result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
+is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
+like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK HTTP/1.1 200 POST - 19 bytes in ([\d\.]+) seconds/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+
+$cmd = "$command -j DELETE -u /method";
+$result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
+is( $result->return_code, 1, $cmd);
+like( $result->output, '/^HTTP WARNING: HTTP/1.1 405 Method Not Allowed/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+
+$cmd = "$command -j foo -u /method";
+$result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
+is( $result->return_code, 2, $cmd);
+like( $result->output, '/^HTTP CRITICAL: HTTP/1.1 501 Not Implemented/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+
+$cmd = "$command -P stufftoinclude -u /postdata -s POST:stufftoinclude";
+$result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
+is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
+like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK HTTP/1.1 200 OK - ([\d\.]+) second/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+
+$cmd = "$command -j PUT -P stufftoinclude -u /postdata -s PUT:stufftoinclude";
+$result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
+is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
+like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK HTTP/1.1 200 OK - ([\d\.]+) second/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+
+# To confirm that the free doesn't segfault
+$cmd = "$command -P stufftoinclude -j PUT -u /postdata -s PUT:stufftoinclude";
+$result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
+is( $result->return_code, 0, $cmd);
+like( $result->output, '/^HTTP OK HTTP/1.1 200 OK - ([\d\.]+) second/', "Output correct: ".$result->output );
+