From 403ac82a7d07f08e931aedde4cbe4289b09d60ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maximilian Hils <git@maximilianhils.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2016 23:22:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] netlib: request.path can be None

---
 netlib/http/request.py           | 5 ++++-
 test/netlib/http/test_request.py | 7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/netlib/http/request.py b/netlib/http/request.py
index 99662732e..1a9b6f18f 100644
--- a/netlib/http/request.py
+++ b/netlib/http/request.py
@@ -147,7 +147,10 @@ class Request(Message):
         HTTP request path, e.g. "/index.html".
         Guaranteed to start with a slash.
         """
-        return _native(self.data.path)
+        if self.data.path is None:
+            return None
+        else:
+            return _native(self.data.path)
 
     @path.setter
     def path(self, path):
diff --git a/test/netlib/http/test_request.py b/test/netlib/http/test_request.py
index 5672259ed..50ad2d058 100644
--- a/test/netlib/http/test_request.py
+++ b/test/netlib/http/test_request.py
@@ -41,7 +41,12 @@ class TestRequestCore(object):
         _test_passthrough_attr(treq(), "port")
 
     def test_path(self):
-        _test_decoded_attr(treq(), "path")
+        req = treq()
+        _test_decoded_attr(req, "path")
+        # path can also be None.
+        req.path = None
+        assert req.path is None
+        assert req.data.path is None
 
     def test_host(self):
         if six.PY2: