From 6e0b217e8568fffcf73a5dcf2625a6a8c363ba48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jake Zatecky <jake.zatecky@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 14:47:47 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix issue with JSON payload always having objects instead of
 arrays

Resolves #1
---
 src/WorkEtcClient/HttpfulClient.php | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/WorkEtcClient/HttpfulClient.php b/src/WorkEtcClient/HttpfulClient.php
index 9536028..91145be 100644
--- a/src/WorkEtcClient/HttpfulClient.php
+++ b/src/WorkEtcClient/HttpfulClient.php
@@ -39,17 +39,36 @@ public function post($endpoint, array $parameters = [])
 	{
 		$request = Request::post($endpoint)
 			->expects('application/json')
-			->body(json_encode($parameters, JSON_FORCE_OBJECT));
+			->body($this->jsonEncode($parameters));
 
 		return $this->send($request);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Encode the given array to JSON. If the array would not translate to an
+	 * object, force it.
+	 *
+	 * WORK[etc] expects an object, even if that object would be empty.
+	 *
+	 * @param array $array
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	protected function jsonEncode(array $array)
+	{
+		if (empty($array)) {
+			return '{}';
+		}
+
+		return json_encode($array);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Send the request and check for errors.
 	 *
 	 * @param \Httpful\Request $request
 	 *
-	 * @return \Httpful\Response
+	 * @return array
 	 */
 	protected function send(Request $request)
 	{