From 68793869f0f6b8ec8b7d2a116131c5c009395dca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: teifip <teifip@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2018 15:03:37 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Support for POST with JSON body

Added support for POST requests with JSON body. See updated README.md for usage information.
---
 README.md      | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 lib/twitter.js | 19 ++++++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 30b354a9..a189cf3c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -90,6 +90,16 @@ client.post(path, params, callback);
 client.stream(path, params, callback);
 ```
 
+When the `post` convenience method is used to submit a JSON body, the `params` object must be structured as follows:
+
+```javascript
+{
+  json_body: {
+    // JavaSctript object to be submitted as JSON body
+  }
+}
+```
+
 ## REST API
 
 You simply need to pass the endpoint and parameters to one of convenience methods.  Take a look at the [documentation site](https://dev.twitter.com/rest/public) to reference available endpoints.
@@ -114,6 +124,28 @@ client.post('statuses/update', {status: 'I Love Twitter'},  function(error, twee
 });
 ```
 
+Example of POST with JSON body (new [direct_messages/events/new](https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/direct-messages/sending-and-receiving/api-reference/new-event) API):
+
+```javascript
+let params = {
+  json_body: {
+    event: {
+      type: 'message_create',
+      message_create: {
+        target: { recipient_id: '1234567890' },
+        message_data: { text: 'Hi there!' }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+client.post('direct_messages/events/new', params, (error, result, response) => {
+  if (error) throw error;
+  console.log(result);  // Newly created event object.
+  console.log(response);  // Raw response object.
+});
+```
+
 ### Promises
 
 The REST API convenience methods will also return Promises if:
diff --git a/lib/twitter.js b/lib/twitter.js
index 1dbf3e27..6bbae069 100644
--- a/lib/twitter.js
+++ b/lib/twitter.js
@@ -132,14 +132,19 @@ Twitter.prototype.__request = function(method, path, params, callback) {
     options.qs = params;
   }
 
-  // Pass form data if post
+  // Pass either form data or JSON body if post
   if (method === 'post') {
-    var formKey = 'form';
+    if (params.json_body) {
+      options.json = params.json_body;
 
-    if (typeof params.media !== 'undefined') {
-      formKey = 'formData';
+    } else {
+      var formKey = 'form';
+
+      if (typeof params.media !== 'undefined') {
+        formKey = 'formData';
+      }
+      options[formKey] = params;
     }
-    options[formKey] = params;
   }
 
   // Promisified version
@@ -158,7 +163,7 @@ Twitter.prototype.__request = function(method, path, params, callback) {
           if (data === '') {
             data = {};
           }
-          else {
+          else if (typeof data === 'string') {
             data = JSON.parse(data);
           }
         }
@@ -196,7 +201,7 @@ Twitter.prototype.__request = function(method, path, params, callback) {
       if (data === '') {
         data = {};
       }
-      else {
+      else if (typeof data === 'string') {
         data = JSON.parse(data);
       }
     }