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Algorithm: send request to REST server, get JSON response, decode it, return it.

Takes a single _mandatory_ parameter: a LWP::UserAgent object

Optionally takes PARAMHASH:

    server => [URI OF REST SERVER]         default is 'http://0:5000'
    method => [HTTP METHOD TO USE]         default is 'GET'
    nick => [NICK FOR BASIC AUTH]          optional
    password => [PASSWORD FOR BASIC AUTH]  optional
    path => [PATH OF REST RESOURCE]        default is '/'
    req_body => [HASHREF]                  optional

Returns HASHREF containing:

    hr => HTTP::Response object (stripped of the body)
    body => [BODY OF HTTP RESPONSE, IF ANY] 

=cut

sub rest_req {

    # process arguments
    my $ua = shift;
    die "Bad user agent object" unless ref( $ua ) eq 'LWP::UserAgent';
    my %ARGS = validate( @_, {
        server =>   { type => SCALAR,  default => 'http://localhost:5000' },
        method =>   { type => SCALAR,  default => 'GET', regex => qr/^(GET|POST|PUT|DELETE)$/ },
        nick =>     { type => SCALAR,  optional => 1 },
        password => { type => SCALAR,  default => '' },
        path =>     { type => SCALAR,  default => '/' },
        req_body => { type => HASHREF, optional => 1 },
    } );
    $ARGS{'path'} =~ s/^\/*/\//;

    my $r;
    {
        no strict 'refs';
        $r = &{ $ARGS{'method'} }( $ARGS{'server'} . encode_utf8( $ARGS{'path'} ), 
                Accept => 'application/json' );
    }

    if ( $ARGS{'nick'} ) {
        $r->authorization_basic( $ARGS{'nick'}, $ARGS{'password'} );
    }

    if ( $ARGS{'method'} =~ m/^(POST|PUT)$/ ) {
        $r->header( 'Content-Type' => 'application/json' );
        if ( my $body = $ARGS{'req_body'} ) {
            my $tmpvar = JSON->new->utf8(0)->encode( $body );
            $r->content( encode_utf8( $tmpvar ) );
        }
    }