lib/flexirest/request.rb in flexirest-1.10.8 vs lib/flexirest/request.rb in flexirest-1.10.9

@@ -625,11 +625,11 @@
     end
 
     def handle_response(response, cached = nil)
       @response = response
       status = @response.status || 200
-      if @response.body.blank?
+      if @response.body.blank? && !@method[:options][:ignore_empty_response]
         @response.response_headers['Content-Type'] = "application/json"
         @response.body = "{}"
       end
 
       if cached && response.status == 304
@@ -637,9 +637,13 @@
           ' - Etag copy is the same as the server'
         return handle_cached_response(cached)
       end
 
       if (200..399).include?(status)
+        if status == 204 || (@response.body.blank? && @method[:options][:ignore_empty_response])
+          return true
+        end
+
         if @method[:options][:plain]
           return @response = Flexirest::PlainResponse.from_response(@response)
         elsif is_json_response? || is_xml_response?
           if @response.respond_to?(:proxied) && @response.proxied
             Flexirest::Logger.debug "  \033[1;4;32m#{Flexirest.name}\033[0m #{@instrumentation_name} - Response was proxied, unable to determine size"