From a3fdf74ae1589c1f156220dd336acc849dd1c926 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Hitchins <tim.hitchins@ekkosense.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 21:42:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix #55 add check around content prior to JSON parse

---
 src/jsonapi_client/session.py | 19 +++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/jsonapi_client/session.py b/src/jsonapi_client/session.py
index 4ce00d2..e8ab908 100644
--- a/src/jsonapi_client/session.py
+++ b/src/jsonapi_client/session.py
@@ -535,14 +535,17 @@ def http_request(self, http_method: str, url: str, send_json: dict,
                                     headers=headers,
                                     **kwargs)
 
-        response_json = response.json()
-        if response.status_code not in expected_statuses:
-            raise DocumentError(f'Could not {http_method.upper()} '
-                                f'({response.status_code}): '
-                                f'{error_from_response(response_json)}',
-                                errors={'status_code': response.status_code},
-                                response=response,
-                                json_data=send_json)
+        if (response.status_code == HttpStatus.NO_CONTENT_204):
+            response_json = {}
+        else:
+            response_json = response.json()
+            if response.status_code not in expected_statuses:
+                raise DocumentError(f'Could not {http_method.upper()} '
+                                    f'({response.status_code}): '
+                                    f'{error_from_response(response_json)}',
+                                    errors={'status_code': response.status_code},
+                                    response=response,
+                                    json_data=send_json)
 
         return response.status_code, response_json \
             if response.content \