do |res|
    #     p res
    #   end # => #<Net::HTTPCreated 201 Created readbody=true>
    #
    # Output:
    #
    #   "{\n  \"{\\\"userId\\\": 1, \\\"id\\\": 1, \\\"title\\\": \\\"delectus aut autem\\\", \\\"completed\\\": false}\": \"\",\n  \"id\": 201\n}"
    #
    # With no block given, simply returns the response object:
    #
    #   http.post('/todos', data) # => #<Net::HTTPCreated 201 Created readbody=true>
    #
    # Related:
    #
    # - Net::HTTP::Post: request class for \HTTP method POST.
    # - Net::HTTP.post: sends POST request, returns response body.
    #
    def post(path, data, initheader = nil, dest = nil, &block) # :yield: +body_segment+
      send_entity(path, data, initheader, dest, Post, &block)
    end

    # :call-seq:
    #    patch(path, data, initheader = nil) {|res| ... }
    #
    # Sends a PATCH request to the server;
    # returns an instance of a subclass of Net::HTTPResponse.
    #
    # The request is based on the Net::HTTP::Patch object
    # created from string +path+, string +data+, and initial headers hash +initheader+.
    #
    # With a block given, calls the block with the response body:
    #
    #   data = '{"userId": 1, "id": 1, "title": "delectus aut autem", "completed": false}'
    #   http = Net::HTTP.new(hostname)
    #   http.patch('/todos/1', data) do |res|
    #     p res
    #   end # => #<Net::HTTPOK 200 OK readbody=true>
    #
    # Output:
    #
    #   "{\n  \"userId\": 1,\n  \"id\": 1,\n  \"title\": \"delectus aut autem\",\n  \"completed\": false,\n  \"{\\\"userId\\\": 1, \\\"id\\\": 1, \\\"title\\\": \\\"delectus aut autem\\\", \\\"completed\\\": false}\": \"\"\n}"
    #
    # With no block given, simply returns the response object:
    #
    #   http.patch('/todos/1', data) # => #<Net::HTTPCreated 201 Created readbody=true>
    #
    def patch(path, data, initheader = nil, dest = nil, &block) # :yield: +body_segment+
      send_entity(path, data, initheader, dest, Patch, &block)
    end

    # Sends a PUT request to the server;
    # returns an instance of a subclass of Net::HTTPResponse.
    #
    # The request is based on the Net::HTTP::Put object
    # created from string +path+, string +data+, and initial headers hash +initheader+.
    #
    #   data = '{"userId": 1, "id": 1, "title": "delectus aut autem", "completed": false}'
    #   http = Net::HTTP.new(hostname)
    #   http.put('/todos/1', data) # => #<Net::HTTP