From f67d6184139374f168037523f46623e2c32547fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 04:35:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] generic POST function

---
 post.go | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+)

diff --git a/post.go b/post.go
index 753af74..8ced07f 100644
--- a/post.go
+++ b/post.go
@@ -13,6 +13,52 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
+// standard protobuf POST
+// returns *HttpRequst protobuf
+func DoPost(baseURL string, route string, data []byte) (*HttpRequest, error) {
+	// if you ever have 'http://www.wit.com//' GO will regect the server recieving it.
+	// Even though the linux kernel gets the network payload
+	// also it never gives you an error about that, it just goes away invisably inside GO
+	tmpURL, _ := url.Parse(baseURL)    // "http://forge.grid.wit.com:2520")
+	finalURL := tmpURL.JoinPath(route) // Correctly produces ...:2520/patches
+
+	var err error
+	var req *http.Request
+
+	log.Info("httppb.HttpPost to", finalURL.String())
+	req, err = http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, finalURL.String(), bytes.NewBuffer(data))
+	if req == nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	username := os.Getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_NAME")
+	if username == "" {
+		usr, _ := user.Current()
+		username = usr.Username
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("author", username)
+	hostname, _ := os.Hostname()
+	req.Header.Set("hostname", hostname)
+
+	client := &http.Client{}
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	reqPB, err := ReqToPB(req)
+	reqPB.URL = finalURL.String()
+	reqPB.Body = body
+
+	return reqPB, nil
+}
+
 func HttpPost(baseURL string, route string, data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	// Fix using url.JoinPath (Best Practice)
 	tmpURL, _ := url.Parse(baseURL)    // "http://forge.grid.wit.com:2520")