fix #1120

3 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/netlib/http/request.py b/netlib/http/request.py
index 6406a980..67aa17ce 100644
--- a/netlib/http/request.py
+++ b/netlib/http/request.py
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class Request(Message):
     def path(self):
         """
         HTTP request path, e.g. "/index.html".
-        Guaranteed to start with a slash.
+        Guaranteed to start with a slash, except for OPTIONS requests, which may just be "*".
         """
         if self.data.path is None:
             return None
diff --git a/netlib/utils.py b/netlib/utils.py
index dda76808..ebd192f3 100644
--- a/netlib/utils.py
+++ b/netlib/utils.py
@@ -330,6 +330,8 @@ def unparse_url(scheme, host, port, path=""):
     Args:
         All args must be str.
     """
+    if path == "*":
+        path = ""
     return "%s://%s%s" % (scheme, hostport(scheme, host, port), path)
 
 
diff --git a/test/netlib/http/test_request.py b/test/netlib/http/test_request.py
index 50ad2d05..91fd8ce3 100644
--- a/test/netlib/http/test_request.py
+++ b/test/netlib/http/test_request.py
@@ -107,6 +107,14 @@ class TestRequestUtils(object):
         with raises(ValueError):
             request.url = "not-a-url"
 
+    def test_url_options(self):
+        request = treq(method="OPTIONS", path="*")
+        assert request.url == "http://address:22"
+
+    def test_url_authority(self):
+        request = treq(first_line_format="authority")
+        assert request.url == "address:22"
+
     def test_pretty_host(self):
         request = treq()
         # Without host header
@@ -140,6 +148,10 @@ class TestRequestUtils(object):
         request.headers["host"] = "other"
         assert request.pretty_url == "http://address:22/path"
 
+    def test_pretty_url_options(self):
+        request = treq(method="OPTIONS", path="*")
+        assert request.pretty_url == "http://address:22"
+
     def test_pretty_url_authority(self):
         request = treq(first_line_format="authority")
         assert request.pretty_url == "address:22"