bin/check-http-json.rb in sensu-plugins-http-2.8.4 vs bin/check-http-json.rb in sensu-plugins-http-2.9.0

@@ -26,10 +26,13 @@
 #
 #   Check that will verify http status, JSON validity, and that page.totalElements value is
 #   greater than 10
 #      ./check-http-json.rb -u http://my.site.com/metric.json --key page.totalElements --value-greater-than 10
 #
+#   Check that will POST json
+#      ./check-http-json.rb -u http://my.site.com/metric.json -m POST --header 'Content-type: application/json' --post-body '{"serverId": "myserver"}'
+#
 # NOTES:
 #   Based on Check HTTP by Sonian Inc.
 #
 # LICENSE:
 #   Copyright 2013 Matt Revell <[e-mail]>
@@ -51,10 +54,11 @@
   option :path, short: '-p PATH'
   option :query, short: '-q QUERY'
   option :port, short: '-P PORT', proc: proc(&:to_i)
   option :method, short: '-m GET|POST'
   option :postbody, short: '-b /file/with/post/body'
+  option :post_body, long: '--post-body VALUE'
   option :header, short: '-H HEADER', long: '--header HEADER'
   option :ssl, short: '-s', boolean: true, default: false
   option :insecure, short: '-k', boolean: true, default: false
   option :user, short: '-U', long: '--username USER'
   option :password, short: '-a', long: '--password PASS'
@@ -161,9 +165,12 @@
             Net::HTTP::Get.new([config[:path], config[:query]].compact.join('?'))
           end
     if config[:postbody]
       post_body = IO.readlines(config[:postbody])
       req.body = post_body.join
+    end
+    if config[:post_body]
+      req.body = config[:post_body]
     end
     unless config[:user].nil? && config[:password].nil?
       req.basic_auth config[:user], config[:password]
     end
     if config[:header]