1 files changed, 17 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/request.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/request.rb
index d3d65ec0ec..94ec7d27af 100755
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/request.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/request.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ module ActionController
     def head?
       method == :head
     end
-
+    
+    
     # Determine originating IP address.  REMOTE_ADDR is the standard
     # but will fail if the user is behind a proxy.  HTTP_CLIENT_IP and/or
     # HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR are set by proxies so check for these before
@@ -53,40 +54,47 @@ module ActionController
     # Returns the domain part of a host, such as rubyonrails.org in "www.rubyonrails.org". You can specify
     # a different <tt>tld_length</tt>, such as 2 to catch rubyonrails.co.uk in "www.rubyonrails.co.uk".
     def domain(tld_length = 1)
-      host.split(".").last(1 + tld_length).join(".")
+      host.split('.').last(1 + tld_length).join('.')
     end
 
     # Returns all the subdomains as an array, so ["dev", "www"] would be returned for "dev.www.rubyonrails.org".
     # You can specify a different <tt>tld_length</tt>, such as 2 to catch ["www"] instead of ["www", "rubyonrails"]
     # in "www.rubyonrails.co.uk".
     def subdomains(tld_length = 1)
-      parts = host.split(".")
+      parts = host.split('.')
       parts - parts.last(1 + tld_length)
     end
 
+    # Recieve the raw post data. 
+    # This is useful for services such as REST, XMLRPC and SOAP 
+    # which communicate over HTTP POST but don't use the traditional parameter format. 
+    def raw_post
+      env['RAW_POST_DATA']
+    end
+    
     def request_uri
-      env["REQUEST_URI"]
+      env['REQUEST_URI']
     end
 
     def protocol
-      port == 443 ? "https://" : "http://"
+      port == 443 ? 'https://' : 'http://'
     end
 
     def ssl?
-      protocol == "https://"
+      protocol == 'https://'
     end
 
     def path
-      request_uri ? request_uri.split("?").first : ""
+      request_uri ? request_uri.split('?').first : ''
     end
 
     def port
-      env["SERVER_PORT"].to_i
+      env['SERVER_PORT'].to_i
     end
 
     # Returns a string like ":8080" if the port is not 80 or 443 while on https.
     def port_string
-      (protocol == "http://" && port == 80) || (protocol == "https://" && port == 443) ? "" : ":#{port}"
+      (protocol == 'http://' && port == 80) || (protocol == 'https://' && port == 443) ? '' : ":#{port}"
     end
 
     def host_with_port