ESP8266HTTPClient: Add PATCH request (#3590)

Author: joextodd

libraries/ESP8266HTTPClient/src/ESP8266HTTPClient.cpp

@@ -351,6 +351,20 @@ int HTTPClient::PUT(String payload) {
     return PUT((uint8_t *) payload.c_str(), payload.length());
 }
 
+/**
+ * sends a patch request to the server
+ * @param payload uint8_t *
+ * @param size size_t
+ * @return http code
+ */
+int HTTPClient::PATCH(uint8_t * payload, size_t size) {
+    return sendRequest("PATCH", payload, size);
+}
+
+int HTTPClient::PATCH(String payload) {
+    return PATCH((uint8_t *) payload.c_str(), payload.length());
+}
+
 /**
  * sendRequest
  * @param type const char *     "GET", "POST", ....

libraries/ESP8266HTTPClient/src/ESP8266HTTPClient.h

@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ class HTTPClient
     int POST(String payload);
     int PUT(uint8_t * payload, size_t size);
     int PUT(String payload);
+    int PATCH(uint8_t * payload, size_t size);
+    int PATCH(String payload);
     int sendRequest(const char * type, String payload);
     int sendRequest(const char * type, uint8_t * payload = NULL, size_t size = 0);
     int sendRequest(const char * type, Stream * stream, size_t size = 0);