Added HTTP requests plugin, #42

platypush/plugins/http/request.py

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+import requests
+
+from platypush.message.response import Response
+
+from .. import Plugin
+
+class HttpRequestPlugin(Plugin):
+    """ Plugin for executing custom HTTP requests """
+
+    def _exec(self, method, url, output='text', **kwargs):
+        """ Available output types: text (default), json, binary """
+
+        method = getattr(requests, method)
+        response = method(url, **kwargs)
+        response.raise_for_status()
+
+        if output == 'json': return response.json()
+        if output == 'binary': return response.content
+        return Response(output=response.text, errors=[])
+
+
+    def get(self, url, **kwargs):
+        return self._exec(method='get', url=url, **kwargs)
+
+
+    def post(self, url, **kwargs):
+        return self._exec(method='post', url=url, **kwargs)
+
+
+    def head(self, url, **kwargs):
+        return self._exec(method='head', url=url, **kwargs)
+
+
+    def put(self, url, **kwargs):
+        return self._exec(method='put', url=url, **kwargs)
+
+
+    def delete(self, url, **kwargs):
+        return self._exec(method='delete', url=url, **kwargs)
+
+
+    def options(self, url, **kwargs):
+        return self._exec(method='options', url=url, **kwargs)
+
+
+# vim:sw=4:ts=4:et:
+