lib/mudbug.rb in mudbug-0.6.0.1 vs lib/mudbug.rb in mudbug-0.7.0.1

@@ -82,12 +82,10 @@
 
   attr_reader :options
   attr_accessor :host
 
   def initialize(host, options = {})
-    # note, not yet logging at instance layer
-    # @lager = self.class.lager
     @host = host
     @options = options
     accept :json, :html, :text
   end
 
@@ -105,13 +103,21 @@
     @options[:headers][:accept] = self.class.accept_header(*types)
   end
 
   # use this method directly if you want finer-grained request and response
   # handling
+  # supports /path/to/res, path/to/res, http://host.com/path/to/res
   #
   def resource(path, options = {})
-    path = "/#{path}" unless path[0,1] == '/'
-    RestClient::Resource.new "http://#{@host}#{path}", @options.merge(options)
+    uri = URI.parse(path)
+    if uri.host # a full URL was passed in
+      @host = uri.host
+      url = uri.to_s
+    else
+      path = "/#{path}" unless path[0,1] == '/'
+      url = "http://#{@host}#{path}"
+    end
+    RestClient::Resource.new url, @options.merge(options)
   end
 
   # no payload
   #
   [:get, :delete].each { |meth|