#475, #488 -- allow raw JSON if explicitly requested, fix empty body handling & test cleanup

lib/google/apis/core/api_command.rb

@@ -55,7 +55,11 @@ module Google
           query[FIELDS_PARAM] = normalize_fields_param(query[FIELDS_PARAM]) if query.key?(FIELDS_PARAM)
           if request_representation && request_object
             header['Content-Type'] ||= JSON_CONTENT_TYPE
-            self.body = request_representation.new(request_object).to_json(user_options: { skip_undefined: true })
+            if options && options.skip_serialization
+              self.body = request_object
+            else
+              self.body = request_representation.new(request_object).to_json(user_options: { skip_undefined: true })
+            end
           end
           super
         end
@@ -71,6 +75,7 @@ module Google
         # noinspection RubyUnusedLocalVariable
         def decode_response_body(content_type, body)
           return super unless response_representation
+          return super if options && options.skip_deserialization
           return super if content_type.nil?
           return nil unless content_type.start_with?(JSON_CONTENT_TYPE)
           instance = response_class.new

lib/google/apis/core/http_command.rb

@@ -156,10 +156,7 @@ module Google
             @form_encoded = false
           end
 
-          unless body
-            self.header['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
-            self.header['Content-Length'] = 0
-          end
+          self.body = '' unless self.body
 
         end
 

lib/google/apis/options.rb

@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ module Google
       :header,
       :timeout_sec,
       :open_timeout_sec,
-      :normalize_unicode)
+      :normalize_unicode,
+      :skip_serialization,
+      :skip_deserialization)
 
     # General client options
     class ClientOptions
@@ -59,6 +61,10 @@ module Google
       #   @return [Hash<String,String] Additional HTTP headers to include in requests
       # @!attribute [rw] normalize_unicode
       #   @return [Boolean] True if unicode strings should be normalized in path parameters
+      # @!attribute [rw] skip_serialization
+      #   @return [Boolean] True if body object should be treated as raw text instead of an object.
+      # @!attribute [rw] skip_deserialization
+      #   @return [Boolean] True if response should be returned in raw form instead of deserialized.
 
       # Get the default options
       # @return [Google::Apis::RequestOptions]
@@ -84,5 +90,7 @@ module Google
     RequestOptions.default.retries = 0
     RequestOptions.default.open_timeout_sec = 20
     RequestOptions.default.normalize_unicode = false
+    RequestOptions.default.skip_serialization = false
+    RequestOptions.default.skip_deserialization = false
   end
 end