Merge branch 'jwh/httpc_delete_body/OTP-11190' into maint

* jwh/httpc_delete_body/OTP-11190:
  httpc: Allow content body in DELETE requests

2 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/inets/src/http_client/httpc.erl b/lib/inets/src/http_client/httpc.erl
index 41bba7995e..4d7023a8e9 100644
--- a/lib/inets/src/http_client/httpc.erl
+++ b/lib/inets/src/http_client/httpc.erl
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ request(Method,
 request(Method, 
 	{Url, Headers, ContentType, Body}, 
 	HTTPOptions, Options, Profile) 
-  when ((Method =:= post) orelse (Method =:= put)) andalso 
+  when ((Method =:= post) orelse (Method =:= put) orelse (Method =:= delete)) andalso 
        (is_atom(Profile) orelse is_pid(Profile)) ->
     ?hcrt("request", [{method,       Method}, 
 		      {url,          Url},
diff --git a/lib/inets/test/httpc_proxy_SUITE.erl b/lib/inets/test/httpc_proxy_SUITE.erl
index 84db39e76b..ddd23d0c65 100644
--- a/lib/inets/test/httpc_proxy_SUITE.erl
+++ b/lib/inets/test/httpc_proxy_SUITE.erl
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ local_proxy_cases() ->
      http_post,
      http_put,
      http_delete,
+     http_delete_body,
      http_headers,
      http_proxy_auth,
      http_doesnotexist,
@@ -262,6 +263,22 @@ http_delete(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
 
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+http_delete_body(doc) ->
+    ["Perform a DELETE request with a content body. The server will not allow it "
+     "but we only test sending the request."];
+http_delete_body(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
+    Method = delete,
+    URL = url("/delete.html", Config),
+    Content = "foo=bar",
+    Request = {URL,[],"application/x-www-form-urlencoded",Content},
+    HttpOpts = [],
+    Opts = [],
+    {ok,{{_,405,_},[_|_],[_|_]}} =
+    httpc:request(Method, Request, HttpOpts, Opts),
+    ok.
+
+%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 http_headers(doc) ->
     ["Use as many request headers as possible"];
 http_headers(Config) when is_list(Config) ->