Allow DELETE requests to have a content body, and properly serialize data to the...

diff --git a/src/ajax.js b/src/ajax.js
index 915bbaa..6a757eb 100644 (file)
--- a/src/ajax.js
+++ b/src/ajax.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ var jsc = jQuery.now(),
        rscript = /<script\b[^<]*(?:(?!<\/script>)<[^<]*)*<\/script>/gi,
        rselectTextarea = /^(?:select|textarea)/i,
        rinput = /^(?:color|date|datetime|email|hidden|month|number|password|range|search|tel|text|time|url|week)$/i,
-       rnoContent = /^(?:GET|HEAD|DELETE)$/,
+       rnoContent = /^(?:GET|HEAD)$/,
        rbracket = /\[\]$/,
        jsre = /\=\?(&|$)/,
        rquery = /\?/,
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ jQuery.extend({
                        s.cache = false;
                }
 
-               if ( s.cache === false && type === "GET" ) {
+               if ( s.cache === false && noContent ) {
                        var ts = jQuery.now();
 
                        // try replacing _= if it is there
@@ -281,8 +281,8 @@ jQuery.extend({
                        s.url = ret + ((ret === s.url) ? (rquery.test(s.url) ? "&" : "?") + "_=" + ts : "");
                }
 
-               // If data is available, append data to url for get requests
-               if ( s.data && type === "GET" ) {
+               // If data is available, append data to url for GET/HEAD requests
+               if ( s.data && noContent ) {
                        s.url += (rquery.test(s.url) ? "&" : "?") + s.data;
                }
 

diff --git a/test/unit/ajax.js b/test/unit/ajax.js
index 14c6218..7344659 100644 (file)
--- a/test/unit/ajax.js
+++ b/test/unit/ajax.js
@@ -289,6 +289,32 @@ test("jQuery.ajax - xml: non-namespace elements inside namespaced elements", fun
        });
 });
 
+test("jQuery.ajax - HEAD requests", function() {
+       expect(2);
+
+       stop();
+       jQuery.ajax({
+               url: url("data/name.html"),
+               type: "HEAD",
+               success: function(data, status, xhr){
+                       var h = xhr.getAllResponseHeaders();
+                       ok( /Date/i.test(h), 'No Date in HEAD response' );
+                       
+                       jQuery.ajax({
+                               url: url("data/name.html"),
+                               data: { whip_it: "good" },
+                               type: "HEAD",
+                               success: function(data, status, xhr){
+                                       var h = xhr.getAllResponseHeaders();
+                                       ok( /Date/i.test(h), 'No Date in HEAD response with data' );
+                                       start();
+                               }
+                       });
+               }
+       });
+       
+});
+
 test("jQuery.ajax - beforeSend", function() {
        expect(1);
        stop();