execute_patch added to HubInstance per NXP

Author: Murat Kumykov

blackduck/Core.py

@@ -146,6 +146,17 @@ def execute_put(self, url, data, custom_headers={}):
     response = requests.put(url, headers=headers, data=json_data, verify = not self.config['insecure'])
     return response
 
+def execute_patch(self, url, data, custom_headers={}) -> requests.Response:
+    '''
+    Work-around to add missing execute_patch()
+    '''
+    json_data = self._validated_json_data(data)
+    headers = self.get_headers()
+    headers["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
+    headers.update(custom_headers)
+    response = requests.patch(url, headers=headers, data=json_data, verify=not self.config['insecure'])
+    return response
+
 def _create(self, url, json_body):
     response = self.execute_post(url, json_body)
     # v4+ returns the newly created location in the response headers

blackduck/HubRestApi.py

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class HubInstance(object):
         _create,_get_hub_rest_api_version_info,_get_major_version,_get_parameter_string,_validated_json_data,
         execute_delete,execute_get,execute_post,execute_put,get_api_version,get_apibase,get_auth_token,get_headers,
         get_limit_paramstring,get_link,get_matched_components,get_tags_url,get_urlbase,read_config,write_config,
-        _check_version_compatibility
+        _check_version_compatibility,execute_patch
     )
     from .Roles import (
         _get_role_url, assign_role_given_role_url, assign_role_to_user_or_group,