From: Andrew Hemming <drewhemm@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 15:13:15 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Added support for posting a body of content (#86)
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Added support for posting a body of content (#86)
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 704fcdb..b4b9591 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@ modules:
         insecure_skip_verify: false
       protocol: "tcp" # accepts "tcp/tcp4/tcp6", defaults to "tcp"
       preferred_ip_protocol: "ip4" # used for "tcp", defaults to "ip6"
+  http_post_2xx:
+    prober: http
+    timeout: 5s
+    http:
+      method: POST
+      headers:
+        Content-Type: application/json
+      body: '{}'
   tcp_connect_v4_example:
     prober: tcp
     timeout: 5s
diff --git a/http.go b/http.go
index 5bf9473..8993f92 100644
--- a/http.go
+++ b/http.go
@@ -153,6 +153,11 @@ func probeHTTP(target string, w http.ResponseWriter, module Module) (success boo
 		request.Header.Set(key, value)
 	}
 
+	// If a body is configured, add it to the request
+	if config.Body != "" {
+		request.Body = ioutil.NopCloser(strings.NewReader(config.Body))
+	}
+
 	resp, err := client.Do(request)
 	// Err won't be nil if redirects were turned off. See https://github.com/golang/go/issues/3795
 	if err != nil && resp == nil {
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index e5a0523..d6901ed 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ type HTTPProbe struct {
 	TLSConfig              config.TLSConfig  `yaml:"tls_config"`
 	Protocol               string            `yaml:"protocol"`              // Defaults to "tcp".
 	PreferredIpProtocol    string            `yaml:"preferred_ip_protocol"` // Defaults to "ip6".
+	Body                   string            `yaml:"body"`
 }
 
 type QueryResponse struct {