Add support for HTTP PATCH requests

Signed-off-by: James Broadhead <james.broadhead@mongodb.com>

3 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/chef/http/http_request.rb b/lib/chef/http/http_request.rb
index 20c46aaa8d..7fc1acb889 100644
--- a/lib/chef/http/http_request.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/http/http_request.rb
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ class Chef
       ENCODING_GZIP_DEFLATE = "gzip;q=1.0,deflate;q=0.6,identity;q=0.3".freeze
 
       GET     = "get".freeze
+      PATCH   = "patch".freeze
       PUT     = "put".freeze
       POST    = "post".freeze
       DELETE  = "delete".freeze
@@ -161,6 +162,8 @@ class Chef
                           Net::HTTP::Post.new(req_path, headers)
                         when PUT
                           Net::HTTP::Put.new(req_path, headers)
+                        when PATCH
+                          Net::HTTP::Patch.new(req_path, headers)
                         when DELETE
                           Net::HTTP::Delete.new(req_path, headers)
                         when HEAD
diff --git a/lib/chef/provider/http_request.rb b/lib/chef/provider/http_request.rb
index 8370c2375c..cafdc1e007 100644
--- a/lib/chef/provider/http_request.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/provider/http_request.rb
@@ -62,6 +62,20 @@ class Chef
         end
       end
 
+      # Send a PATCH request to new_resource.url, with the message as the payload
+      def action_patch
+        converge_by("#{new_resource} PATCH to #{new_resource.url}") do
+          message = check_message(new_resource.message)
+          body = @http.patch(
+            "#{new_resource.url}",
+            message,
+            new_resource.headers
+          )
+          Chef::Log.info("#{new_resource} PATCH to #{new_resource.url} successful")
+          Chef::Log.debug("#{new_resource} PATCH request response: #{body}")
+        end
+      end
+
       # Send a PUT request to new_resource.url, with the message as the payload
       def action_put
         converge_by("#{new_resource} PUT to #{new_resource.url}") do
diff --git a/lib/chef/resource/http_request.rb b/lib/chef/resource/http_request.rb
index fcc48470bc..9fac3562f3 100644
--- a/lib/chef/resource/http_request.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/resource/http_request.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class Chef
       identity_attr :url
 
       default_action :get
-      allowed_actions :get, :put, :post, :delete, :head, :options
+      allowed_actions :get, :patch, :put, :post, :delete, :head, :options
 
       def initialize(name, run_context = nil)
         super