copitux · stefanor · Jan 7, 2015
diff --git a/pygithub3/services/base.py b/pygithub3/services/base.py
@@ -111,10 +111,10 @@ def _patch(self, request, **kwargs):
    def _put(self, request, **kwargs):
        """ Bug in Github API? requests library?

-        I must send data when the specifications' of some PUT request are 'Not
-        send input data'. If I don't do that and send data as None, the
-        requests library doesn't send 'Content-length' header and the server
-        returns 411 - Required Content length (at least 0)
+        I must send data as empty string when the specifications' of some PUT
+        request are 'Not send input data'. If I don't do that and send data as
+        None, the requests library doesn't send 'Content-length' header and the
+        server returns 411 - Required Content length (at least 0)

        For instance:
            - follow-user request doesn't send input data
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ def _put(self, request, **kwargs):

        Related: https://github.com/github/developer.github.com/pull/52
        """
-        input_data = request.get_body() or 'PLACEHOLDER'
+        input_data = request.get_body() or ''
        response = self._client.put(request, data=input_data, **kwargs)
        if response.status_code != 204:  # != NO_CONTENT
            return request.resource.loads(response.content)

diff --git a/pygithub3/tests/services/test_core.py b/pygithub3/tests/services/test_core.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def test_BOOL(self, request_method):

    def test_PUT(self, request_method):
        self.s._put(self.r, **self.args)
-        data = 'PLACEHOLDER'  # See _put
+        data = ''  # See _put
        request_method.assert_called_with('put', _('dummyrequest'),
                                          data=data, params=self.args)