lib/ezid/client.rb in ezid-client-0.5.0 vs lib/ezid/client.rb in ezid-client-0.6.0

@@ -105,10 +105,11 @@
 
     # @param shoulder [String] the shoulder on which to mint a new identifier
     # @param metadata [String, Hash, Ezid::Metadata] metadata to set
     # @raise [Ezid::Error]
     # @return [Ezid::Response] the response
-    def mint_identifier(shoulder, metadata=nil)
+    def mint_identifier(shoulder=nil, metadata=nil)
+      shoulder ||= config.default_shoulder
       raise Error, "Shoulder missing -- cannot mint identifier." unless shoulder
       response = Request.execute(:Post, "/shoulder/#{shoulder}") do |request|
         add_authentication(request)
         add_metadata(request, metadata)
       end