Merge remote-tracking branch 'jasonlfunk/master' into jasonlfunk-integration

@@ -120,13 +120,15 @@
          *
          * NOTE: we cannot use window.btoa() for some strange reasons here.
          *
-         * @param  String  url  The url to download
-         * @return string       Base64 encoded result
+         * @param  String  url     The url to download
+         * @param  String  method  The method to use, optional: default GET
+         * @param  String  data    The data to send, optional
+         * @return string          Base64 encoded result
          */
-        base64encode: function(url) {
-            return this.evaluate(function(url) {
-                return __utils__.getBase64(url);
-            }, { url: url });
+        base64encode: function(url,method,data) {
+            return this.evaluate(function(url,method,data) {
+                return __utils__.getBase64(url,method,data);
+            }, { url: url, method: method, data: data });
         },
 
         /**

@@ -224,10 +224,12 @@
          * contents.
          *
          * @param  String  url  The resource url
+         * @param  String  method The request method, optional
+         * @param  Object  data The request data, optional
          * @return String       Base64 contents string
          */
-        this.getBase64 = function(url) {
-            return this.encode(this.getBinary(url));
+        this.getBase64 = function(url,method,data) {
+            return this.encode(this.getBinary(url,method,data));
         };
 
         /**
@@ -235,14 +237,38 @@
          * fails but log errors.
          *
          * @param  String  url
+         * @param  String  method 
+         * @param  Object  data
          * @return string
          */
-        this.getBinary = function(url) {
+        this.getBinary = function(url, method, data) {
             try {
                 var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
-                xhr.open("GET", url, false);
+                if (method === undefined || ["GET","get","POST","post"].indexOf(method) == -1) {
+                    method = "GET";
+                } else {
+                    method = method.toUpperCase();
+                }
+
+                xhr.open(method, url, false);
+               	this.log("using HTTP method: '" + method + "'", "debug");
                 xhr.overrideMimeType("text/plain; charset=x-user-defined");
-                xhr.send(null);
+                if (method == "POST") {
+                    if(data === undefined) {
+                        data_str = "";
+                    } else {
+                        data_str = "";
+                        for (k in data) {
+                            if (typeof(k) == "string" && typeof(data[k]) == "string") {
+                                data_str += "&" + escape(k) + "=" + escape(data[k]);
+                            }
+                        }
+                        data_str = data_str.substring(1);
+                    }
+                    xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
+                }
+                this.log("using request data: '" + data_str + "'", "debug");
+                xhr.send(method == "POST" ? data_str : null);
                 return xhr.responseText;
             } catch (e) {
                 if (e.name === "NETWORK_ERR" && e.code === 101) {
@@ -358,4 +384,4 @@
             return out;
         };
     };
-})(phantom);
\ No newline at end of file
+})(phantom);