Added a digest_auth class method to HTTParty to provide the same default_option functionality as basic_auth

lib/httparty.rb

@@ -74,6 +74,17 @@ module HTTParty
       default_options[:basic_auth] = {:username => u, :password => p}
     end
 
+    # Allows setting digest authentication username and password.
+    #
+    #   class Foo
+    #     include HTTParty
+    #     digest_auth 'username', 'password'
+    #   end
+    def digest_auth(u, p)
+      default_options[:digest_auth] = {:username => u, :password => p}
+    end
+
+
     # Allows setting default parameters to be appended to each request.
     # Great for api keys and such.
     #

spec/httparty_spec.rb

@@ -222,6 +222,13 @@ describe HTTParty do
     end
   end
 
+  describe "digest http authentication" do
+    it "should work" do
+      @klass.digest_auth 'foobar', 'secret'
+      @klass.default_options[:digest_auth].should == {:username => 'foobar', :password => 'secret'}
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "parser" do
     let(:parser) do
       Proc.new{ |data, format| CustomParser.parse(data) }