hack for HTTP servers that use raw DEFLATE compression. Closes #49

history.md

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 - make gemspec Rubygems 1.8 compatible (patch provided by David Backeus)
 - added RestClient.reset_before_execution_procs (patch provided by Cloudify)
 - added PATCH method (patch provided by Jeff Remer)
+- hack for HTTP servers that use raw DEFLATE compression, see http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/136825 (path provided by James Reeves)
 
 # 1.6.1
 

lib/restclient/request.rb

@@ -236,7 +236,13 @@ module RestClient
       elsif content_encoding == 'gzip'
         Zlib::GzipReader.new(StringIO.new(body)).read
       elsif content_encoding == 'deflate'
-        Zlib::Inflate.new.inflate body
+        begin
+          Zlib::Inflate.new.inflate body
+        rescue Zlib::DataError
+          # No luck with Zlib decompression. Let's try with raw deflate,
+          # like some broken web servers do.
+          Zlib::Inflate.new(-Zlib::MAX_WBITS).inflate body
+        end
       else
         body
       end