groupdocs_signature_cloud 18.8.1 → 19.5

data/lib/groupdocs_signature_cloud/api_client.rb

@@ -1,380 +1,382 @@
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# <copyright company="Aspose Pty Ltd" file="api_client.rb">
-#   Copyright (c) 2003-2018 Aspose Pty Ltd
-# </copyright>
-# <summary>
-#  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-#  of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-#  in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-#  to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-#  copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-#  furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-#
-#  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
-#  copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-#
-#  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-#  IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-#  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-#  AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-#  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-#  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
-#  SOFTWARE.
-# </summary>
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-require 'date'
-require 'json'
-require 'logger'
-require 'tempfile'
-require 'faraday'
-require 'mimemagic'
-require 'addressable'
-require_relative 'version'
-require_relative 'api_error'
-
-module GroupDocsSignatureCloud
-  #
-  # api client is mainly responsible for making the HTTP call to the API backend.
-  # 
-  class ApiClient
-    # The Configuration object holding settings to be used in the API client.
-    attr_accessor :config
-
-    # Defines the headers to be used in HTTP requests of all API calls by default.
-    #
-    # @return [Hash]
-    attr_accessor :default_headers
-
-    # Initializes the ApiClient
-    # @option config [Configuration] Configuration for initializing the object
-    def initialize(config)
-      @config = config
-      @default_headers = {
-        'Content-Type' => "application/json",
-        'x-groupdocs-client' => "ruby sdk",
-        'x-groupdocs-version' => GroupDocsSignatureCloud::VERSION.to_s
-      }
-    end
-
-    # Call an API with given options.
-    #
-    # @return [Array<(Object, Fixnum, Hash)>] an array of 3 elements:
-    #   the data deserialized from response body (could be nil), response status code and response headers.
-    def call_api(http_method, path, opts = {})
-      response = build_request(http_method, path, opts)
-      download_file response if opts[:return_type] == 'File'
-      if @config.debugging
-        @config.logger.debug "'HTTP' response body '~BEGIN~'\n #{response.body}\n'~END~'\n"
-      end
-
-      unless response.success?
-        raise ApiError.new(:code => response.status, :response_body => response.body)
-      end
-      
-      data = deserialize(response, opts[:return_type]) if opts[:return_type]
-      [data, response.status, response.headers]
-    end
-
-    # Builds the HTTP request
-    #
-    # @param [String] http_method HTTP method/verb (e.g. POST)
-    # @param [String] path URL path (e.g. /account/new)
-    # @option opts [Hash] :header_params Header parameters
-    # @option opts [Hash] :query_params Query parameters
-    # @option opts [Hash] :form_params Query parameters
-    # @option opts [Object] :body HTTP body (JSON/XML)
-    # @return [Faraday::Response] A Faraday Response
-    def build_request(http_method, path, opts = {})
-      url = build_request_url(path)
-      http_method = http_method.to_sym.downcase
-
-      header_params = @default_headers.merge(opts[:header_params] || {})
-      query_params = opts[:query_params] || {}
-      form_params = opts[:form_params] || {}
-      body = opts[:body] if opts[:body] || nil?
-
-      update_params_for_oauth! header_params, opts[:access_token]
-
-      req_opts = {
-        :method => http_method,
-        :headers => header_params,
-        :params => query_params,
-        :body => body
-      }
-
-      if [:post, :patch, :put, :delete].include?(http_method)
-        req_body = build_request_body(header_params, form_params, opts[:body])
-        req_opts.update :body => req_body
-        if @config.debugging
-          @config.logger.debug "HTTP request body param ~BEGIN~\n#{req_body}\n~END~\n"
-        end
-      end
-
-      conn = Faraday.new url, { :params => query_params, :headers => header_params } do |f|
-      f.request :multipart
-      f.request :url_encoded
-      f.adapter Faraday.default_adapter
-      end
-
-      case http_method
-      when :post
-        return conn.post url, req_opts[:body]
-      when :put
-        return conn.put url, req_opts[:body]
-      when :get
-        return conn.get url, req_opts[:body]
-      else
-        return conn.delete url do |c|
-          c.body = req_opts[:body]
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
-    # Check if the given MIME is a JSON MIME.
-    # JSON MIME examples:
-    #   application/json
-    #   application/json; charset=UTF8
-    #   APPLICATION/JSON
-    #   */*
-    # @param [String] mime MIME
-    # @return [Boolean] True if the MIME is application/json
-    def json_mime?(mime)
-       (mime == "*/*") || !(mime =~ /Application\/.*json(?!p)(;.*)?/i).nil?
-    end
-
-    # Deserialize the response to the given return type.
-    #
-    # @param [Response] response HTTP response
-    # @param [String] return_type some examples: "User", "Array[User]", "Hash[String,Integer]"
-    def deserialize(response, return_type)
-      body = response.body
-
-      # handle file downloading - return the File instance processed in request callbacks
-      # note that response body is empty when the file is written in chunks in request on_body callback
-      return @tempfile if return_type == 'File'
-
-      return nil if body.nil? || body.empty?
-
-      # return response body directly for String return type
-      return body if return_type == 'String'
-
-      # ensuring a default content type
-      content_type = response.headers['Content-Type'] || 'application/json'
-
-      raise "Content-Type is not supported: #{content_type}" unless json_mime?(content_type)
-
-      begin
-        data = JSON.parse("[#{body}]", :symbolize_names => true)[0]
-      rescue JSON::ParserError => e
-        if %w[String Date DateTime].include?(return_type)
-          data = body
-        else
-          raise e
-        end
-      end
-
-      convert_to_type data, return_type
-    end
-
-    # Convert data to the given return type.
-    # @param [Object] data Data to be converted
-    # @param [String] return_type Return type
-    # @return [Mixed] Data in a particular type
-    def convert_to_type(data, return_type)
-      return nil if data.nil?
-      case return_type
-      when 'String'
-        data.to_s
-      when 'Integer'
-        data.to_i
-      when 'Float'
-        data.to_f
-      when 'BOOLEAN'
-        data == true
-      when 'DateTime'
-        # parse date time (expecting ISO 8601 format)
-        DateTime.parse data
-      when 'Date'
-        # parse date time (expecting ISO 8601 format)
-        Date.parse data
-      when 'Object'
-        # generic object (usually a Hash), return directly
-        data
-      when /\AArray<(.+)>\z/
-        # e.g. Array<Pet>
-        sub_type = $1
-        data.map {|item| convert_to_type(item, sub_type) }
-      when /\AHash\<String, (.+)\>\z/
-        # e.g. Hash<String, Integer>
-        sub_type = $1
-        {}.tap do |hash|
-          data.each {|k, v| hash[k] = convert_to_type(v, sub_type) }
-        end
-      else
-        # models, e.g. Pet
-        GroupDocsSignatureCloud.const_get(return_type).new.tap do |model|
-          model.build_from_hash data
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
-    # Save response body into a file in (the defined) temporary folder, using the filename
-    # from the "Content-Disposition" header if provided, otherwise a random filename.
-    # The response body is written to the file in chunks in order to handle files which
-    # size is larger than maximum Ruby String or even larger than the maximum memory a Ruby
-    # process can use.
-    #
-    # @see Configuration#temp_folder_path
-    def download_file(response)
-      tempfile = nil
-      encoding = nil
-      content_disposition = response.headers['Content-Disposition']
-      if content_disposition and content_disposition =~ /filename=/i
-        filename = content_disposition[/filename=['"]?([^'"\s]+)['"]?/, 1]
-        prefix = sanitize_filename(filename)
-      else
-        prefix = 'download-'
-      end
-      prefix += '-' unless prefix.end_with?('-')
-      encoding = response.body.encoding
-      tempfile = Tempfile.open(prefix, @config.temp_folder_path, encoding: encoding)
-      @tempfile = tempfile
-      tempfile.write(response.body)
-      response.on_complete do |resp|
-        tempfile.close
-        @config.logger.info "Temp file written to #{tempfile.path}, please copy the file to a proper folder "\
-                            "with e.g. `FileUtils.cp(tempfile.path, '/new/file/path')` otherwise the temp file "\
-                            "will be deleted automatically with GC. It's also recommended to delete the temp file "\
-                            "explicitly with `tempfile.delete`"
-      end
-    end
-
-    # Sanitize filename by removing path.
-    # e.g. ../../sun.gif becomes sun.gif
-    #
-    # @param [String] filename the filename to be sanitized
-    # @return [String] the sanitized filename
-    def sanitize_filename(filename)
-      filename.gsub(/.*[\/\\]/, '')
-    end
-
-    def build_request_url(path)
-      # Add leading and trailing slashes to path
-      path = "/#{path}".gsub(/\/+/, '/')
-      Addressable::URI.encode(@config.api_base_url + @config.api_version + path)
-    end
-
-    # Builds the HTTP request body
-    #
-    # @param [Hash] header_params Header parameters
-    # @param [Hash] form_params Query parameters
-    # @param [Object] body HTTP body (JSON/XML)
-    # @return [String] HTTP body data in the form of string
-    def build_request_body(header_params, form_params, body)
-      # http form
-      if header_params['Content-Type'] == 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' ||
-          header_params['Content-Type'] == 'multipart/form-data'
-        data = {}
-        form_params.each do |key, value|
-          case value
-          when ::File
-            data[key] = Faraday::UploadIO.new(value.path, MimeMagic.by_magic(value).to_s, key)
-          when ::Array, nil
-            data[key] = value
-          else
-            data[key] = value.to_s
-          end
-        end
-      elsif body
-        data = body.is_a?(String) ? body : body.to_json
-      else
-        data = nil
-      end
-      data
-    end
-
-    # Update hearder and query params based on authentication settings.
-    #
-    # @param [Hash] header_params Header parameters
-    # @param [String] access_token OAuth access token
-    def update_params_for_oauth!(header_params, access_token)
-      header_params["Authorization"] = "Bearer #{access_token}"
-    end
-
-    # Sets user agent in HTTP header
-    #
-    # @param [String] user_agent User agent (e.g. swagger-codegen/ruby/1.0.0)
-    def user_agent=(user_agent)
-      @user_agent = user_agent
-      @default_headers['User-Agent'] = @user_agent
-    end
-
-    # Return Accept header based on an array of accepts provided.
-    # @param [Array] accepts array for Accept
-    # @return [String] the Accept header (e.g. application/json)
-    def select_header_accept(accepts)
-      return nil if accepts.nil? || accepts.empty?
-      # use JSON when present, otherwise use all of the provided
-      json_accept = accepts.find { |s| json_mime?(s) }
-      return json_accept || accepts.join(',')
-    end
-
-    # Return Content-Type header based on an array of content types provided.
-    # @param [Array] content_types array for Content-Type
-    # @return [String] the Content-Type header  (e.g. application/json)
-    def select_header_content_type(content_types)
-      # use application/json by default
-      return 'application/json' if content_types.nil? || content_types.empty?
-      # use JSON when present, otherwise use the first one
-      json_content_type = content_types.find { |s| json_mime?(s) }
-      return json_content_type || content_types.first
-    end
-
-    # Convert object (array, hash, object, etc) to JSON string.
-    # @param [Object] model object to be converted into JSON string
-    # @return [String] JSON string representation of the object
-    def object_to_http_body(model)
-      return '"' + model + '"' if model.is_a?(String)
-      return model if model.nil? 
-      local_body = nil
-      if model.is_a?(Array)
-        local_body = model.map { |m| object_to_hash(m) }
-      else
-        local_body = object_to_hash(model)
-      end
-      local_body.to_json
-    end
-
-    # Convert object(non-array) to hash.
-    # @param [Object] obj object to be converted into JSON string
-    # @return [String] JSON string representation of the object
-    def object_to_hash(obj)
-      if obj.respond_to?(:to_hash)
-        obj.to_hash
-      else
-        obj
-      end
-    end
-
-    # Build parameter value according to the given collection format.
-    # @param [String] collection_format one of :csv, :ssv, :tsv, :pipes and :multi
-    def build_collection_param(param, collection_format)
-      case collection_format
-      when :csv
-        param.join(',')
-      when :ssv
-        param.join(' ')
-      when :tsv
-        param.join("\t")
-      when :pipes
-        param.join('|')
-      when :multi
-        # return the array directly as faraday will handle it as expected
-        param
-      else
-        raise "unknown collection format: #{collection_format.inspect}"
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# <copyright company="Aspose Pty Ltd" file="api_client.rb">
+#   Copyright (c) 2003-2019 Aspose Pty Ltd
+# </copyright>
+# <summary>
+#  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+#  of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+#  in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+#  to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+#  copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+#  furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+#
+#  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+#  copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+#  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+#  IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+#  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+#  AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+#  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+#  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+#  SOFTWARE.
+# </summary>
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+require 'date'
+require 'json'
+require 'logger'
+require 'tempfile'
+require 'faraday'
+require 'mimemagic'
+require 'addressable'
+require_relative 'version'
+require_relative 'api_error'
+
+module GroupDocsSignatureCloud
+  #
+  # api client is mainly responsible for making the HTTP call to the API backend.
+  # 
+  class ApiClient
+    # The Configuration object holding settings to be used in the API client.
+    attr_accessor :config
+
+    # Defines the headers to be used in HTTP requests of all API calls by default.
+    #
+    # @return [Hash]
+    attr_accessor :default_headers
+
+    # Initializes the ApiClient
+    # @option config [Configuration] Configuration for initializing the object
+    def initialize(config)
+      @config = config
+      @default_headers = {
+        'Content-Type' => config.api_version == '' ? "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" : "application/json",
+        'x-groupdocs-client' => "ruby sdk",
+        'x-groupdocs-version' => GroupDocsSignatureCloud::VERSION.to_s
+      }
+    end
+
+    # Call an API with given options.
+    #
+    # @return [Array<(Object, Fixnum, Hash)>] an array of 3 elements:
+    #   the data deserialized from response body (could be nil), response status code and response headers.
+    def call_api(http_method, path, opts = {})
+      response = build_request(http_method, path, opts)
+      download_file response if opts[:return_type] == 'File'
+      if @config.debugging
+        @config.logger.debug "'HTTP' response body '~BEGIN~'\n #{response.body}\n'~END~'\n"
+      end
+
+      unless response.success?
+        raise ApiError.new(:code => response.status, :response_body => response.body)
+      end
+      
+      data = deserialize(response, opts[:return_type]) if opts[:return_type]
+      [data, response.status, response.headers]
+    end
+
+    # Builds the HTTP request
+    #
+    # @param [String] http_method HTTP method/verb (e.g. POST)
+    # @param [String] path URL path (e.g. /account/new)
+    # @option opts [Hash] :header_params Header parameters
+    # @option opts [Hash] :query_params Query parameters
+    # @option opts [Hash] :form_params Query parameters
+    # @option opts [Object] :body HTTP body (JSON/XML)
+    # @return [Faraday::Response] A Faraday Response
+    def build_request(http_method, path, opts = {})
+      url = build_request_url(path)
+      http_method = http_method.to_sym.downcase
+
+      header_params = @default_headers.merge(opts[:header_params] || {})
+      query_params = opts[:query_params] || {}
+      form_params = opts[:form_params] || {}
+      body = opts[:body] if opts[:body] || nil?
+
+      update_params_for_oauth! header_params, opts[:access_token]
+
+      req_opts = {
+        :method => http_method,
+        :headers => header_params,
+        :params => query_params,
+        :body => body
+      }
+
+      if [:post, :patch, :put, :delete].include?(http_method)
+        req_body = build_request_body(header_params, form_params, opts[:body])
+        req_opts.update :body => req_body
+        if @config.debugging
+          @config.logger.debug "HTTP request body param ~BEGIN~\n#{req_body}\n~END~\n"
+        end
+      end
+
+      conn = Faraday.new url, { :params => query_params, :headers => header_params} do |f|
+      f.request :multipart
+      f.request :url_encoded
+      f.adapter Faraday.default_adapter
+      end
+
+      conn.options.timeout = 30
+
+      case http_method
+      when :post
+        return conn.post url, req_opts[:body]
+      when :put
+        return conn.put url, req_opts[:body]
+      when :get
+        return conn.get url, req_opts[:body]
+      else
+        return conn.delete url do |c|
+          c.body = req_opts[:body]
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Check if the given MIME is a JSON MIME.
+    # JSON MIME examples:
+    #   application/json
+    #   application/json; charset=UTF8
+    #   APPLICATION/JSON
+    #   */*
+    # @param [String] mime MIME
+    # @return [Boolean] True if the MIME is application/json
+    def json_mime?(mime)
+       (mime == "*/*") || !(mime =~ /Application\/.*json(?!p)(;.*)?/i).nil?
+    end
+
+    # Deserialize the response to the given return type.
+    #
+    # @param [Response] response HTTP response
+    # @param [String] return_type some examples: "User", "Array[User]", "Hash[String,Integer]"
+    def deserialize(response, return_type)
+      body = response.body
+
+      # handle file downloading - return the File instance processed in request callbacks
+      # note that response body is empty when the file is written in chunks in request on_body callback
+      return @tempfile if return_type == 'File'
+
+      return nil if body.nil? || body.empty?
+
+      # return response body directly for String return type
+      return body if return_type == 'String'
+
+      # ensuring a default content type
+      content_type = response.headers['Content-Type'] || 'application/json'
+
+      raise "Content-Type is not supported: #{content_type}" unless json_mime?(content_type)
+
+      begin
+        data = JSON.parse("[#{body}]", :symbolize_names => true)[0]
+      rescue JSON::ParserError => e
+        if %w[String Date DateTime].include?(return_type)
+          data = body
+        else
+          raise e
+        end
+      end
+
+      convert_to_type data, return_type
+    end
+
+    # Convert data to the given return type.
+    # @param [Object] data Data to be converted
+    # @param [String] return_type Return type
+    # @return [Mixed] Data in a particular type
+    def convert_to_type(data, return_type)
+      return nil if data.nil?
+      case return_type
+      when 'String'
+        data.to_s
+      when 'Integer'
+        data.to_i
+      when 'Float'
+        data.to_f
+      when 'BOOLEAN'
+        data == true
+      when 'DateTime'
+        # parse date time (expecting ISO 8601 format)
+        DateTime.parse data
+      when 'Date'
+        # parse date time (expecting ISO 8601 format)
+        Date.parse data
+      when 'Object'
+        # generic object (usually a Hash), return directly
+        data
+      when /\AArray<(.+)>\z/
+        # e.g. Array<Pet>
+        sub_type = $1
+        data.map {|item| convert_to_type(item, sub_type) }
+      when /\AHash\<String, (.+)\>\z/
+        # e.g. Hash<String, Integer>
+        sub_type = $1
+        {}.tap do |hash|
+          data.each {|k, v| hash[k] = convert_to_type(v, sub_type) }
+        end
+      else
+        # models, e.g. Pet
+        GroupDocsSignatureCloud.const_get(return_type).new.tap do |model|
+          model.build_from_hash data
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Save response body into a file in (the defined) temporary folder, using the filename
+    # from the "Content-Disposition" header if provided, otherwise a random filename.
+    # The response body is written to the file in chunks in order to handle files which
+    # size is larger than maximum Ruby String or even larger than the maximum memory a Ruby
+    # process can use.
+    #
+    # @see Configuration#temp_folder_path
+    def download_file(response)
+      tempfile = nil
+      encoding = nil
+      content_disposition = response.headers['Content-Disposition']
+      if content_disposition and content_disposition =~ /filename=/i
+        filename = content_disposition[/filename=['"]?([^'"\s]+)['"]?/, 1]
+        prefix = sanitize_filename(filename)
+      else
+        prefix = 'download-'
+      end
+      prefix += '-' unless prefix.end_with?('-')
+      encoding = response.body.encoding
+      tempfile = Tempfile.open(prefix, @config.temp_folder_path, encoding: encoding)
+      @tempfile = tempfile
+      tempfile.write(response.body)
+      response.on_complete do |resp|
+        tempfile.close
+        @config.logger.info "Temp file written to #{tempfile.path}, please copy the file to a proper folder "\
+                            "with e.g. `FileUtils.cp(tempfile.path, '/new/file/path')` otherwise the temp file "\
+                            "will be deleted automatically with GC. It's also recommended to delete the temp file "\
+                            "explicitly with `tempfile.delete`"
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Sanitize filename by removing path.
+    # e.g. ../../sun.gif becomes sun.gif
+    #
+    # @param [String] filename the filename to be sanitized
+    # @return [String] the sanitized filename
+    def sanitize_filename(filename)
+      filename.gsub(/.*[\/\\]/, '')
+    end
+
+    def build_request_url(path)
+      # Add leading and trailing slashes to path
+      path = "/#{path}".gsub(/\/+/, '/')
+      Addressable::URI.encode(@config.api_base_url + @config.api_version + path)
+    end
+
+    # Builds the HTTP request body
+    #
+    # @param [Hash] header_params Header parameters
+    # @param [Hash] form_params Query parameters
+    # @param [Object] body HTTP body (JSON/XML)
+    # @return [String] HTTP body data in the form of string
+    def build_request_body(header_params, form_params, body)
+      # http form
+      if body
+        data = body.is_a?(String) ? body : body.to_json      
+      elsif header_params['Content-Type'] == 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' ||
+          header_params['Content-Type'] == 'multipart/form-data'
+        data = {}
+        form_params.each do |key, value|
+          case value
+          when ::File
+            data[key] = Faraday::UploadIO.new(value.path, MimeMagic.by_magic(value).to_s, key)
+          when ::Array, nil
+            data[key] = value
+          else
+            data[key] = value.to_s
+          end
+        end
+      else
+        data = nil
+      end
+      data
+    end
+
+    # Update hearder and query params based on authentication settings.
+    #
+    # @param [Hash] header_params Header parameters
+    # @param [String] access_token OAuth access token
+    def update_params_for_oauth!(header_params, access_token)
+      header_params["Authorization"] = "Bearer #{access_token}"
+    end
+
+    # Sets user agent in HTTP header
+    #
+    # @param [String] user_agent User agent (e.g. swagger-codegen/ruby/1.0.0)
+    def user_agent=(user_agent)
+      @user_agent = user_agent
+      @default_headers['User-Agent'] = @user_agent
+    end
+
+    # Return Accept header based on an array of accepts provided.
+    # @param [Array] accepts array for Accept
+    # @return [String] the Accept header (e.g. application/json)
+    def select_header_accept(accepts)
+      return nil if accepts.nil? || accepts.empty?
+      # use JSON when present, otherwise use all of the provided
+      json_accept = accepts.find { |s| json_mime?(s) }
+      return json_accept || accepts.join(',')
+    end
+
+    # Return Content-Type header based on an array of content types provided.
+    # @param [Array] content_types array for Content-Type
+    # @return [String] the Content-Type header  (e.g. application/json)
+    def select_header_content_type(content_types)
+      # use application/json by default
+      return 'application/json' if content_types.nil? || content_types.empty?
+      # use JSON when present, otherwise use the first one
+      json_content_type = content_types.find { |s| json_mime?(s) }
+      return json_content_type || content_types.first
+    end
+
+    # Convert object (array, hash, object, etc) to JSON string.
+    # @param [Object] model object to be converted into JSON string
+    # @return [String] JSON string representation of the object
+    def object_to_http_body(model)
+      return '"' + model + '"' if model.is_a?(String)
+      return model if model.nil? 
+      local_body = nil
+      if model.is_a?(Array)
+        local_body = model.map { |m| object_to_hash(m) }
+      else
+        local_body = object_to_hash(model)
+      end
+      local_body.to_json
+    end
+
+    # Convert object(non-array) to hash.
+    # @param [Object] obj object to be converted into JSON string
+    # @return [String] JSON string representation of the object
+    def object_to_hash(obj)
+      if obj.respond_to?(:to_hash)
+        obj.to_hash
+      else
+        obj
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Build parameter value according to the given collection format.
+    # @param [String] collection_format one of :csv, :ssv, :tsv, :pipes and :multi
+    def build_collection_param(param, collection_format)
+      case collection_format
+      when :csv
+        param.join(',')
+      when :ssv
+        param.join(' ')
+      when :tsv
+        param.join("\t")
+      when :pipes
+        param.join('|')
+      when :multi
+        # return the array directly as faraday will handle it as expected
+        param
+      else
+        raise "unknown collection format: #{collection_format.inspect}"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end