diff --git a/webservice/README.rst b/webservice/README.rst
index 047ae360..05a2e16f 100644
--- a/webservice/README.rst
+++ b/webservice/README.rst
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ WebService
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-This module creates WebService frameworks to be used globally
+This module creates WebService frameworks to be used globally.
+
+The module introduces support for HTTP Request protocol. The webservice HTTP call returns by default the content of the response. A context 'content_only' can be passed to get the full response object.
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diff --git a/webservice/components/request_adapter.py b/webservice/components/request_adapter.py
index 2a2ca946..72b5a07f 100644
--- a/webservice/components/request_adapter.py
+++ b/webservice/components/request_adapter.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ class BaseRestRequestsAdapter(Component):
# TODO: url and url_params could come from work_ctx
def _request(self, method, url=None, url_params=None, **kwargs):
url = self._get_url(url=url, url_params=url_params)
+ content_only = kwargs.pop("content_only", True)
new_kwargs = kwargs.copy()
new_kwargs.update(
{
@@ -35,7 +36,9 @@ def _request(self, method, url=None, url_params=None, **kwargs):
# pylint: disable=E8106
request = requests.request(method, url, **new_kwargs)
request.raise_for_status()
- return request.content
+ if content_only:
+ return request.content
+ return request
def get(self, **kwargs):
return self._request("get", **kwargs)
diff --git a/webservice/readme/DESCRIPTION.rst b/webservice/readme/DESCRIPTION.rst
index db2c75a7..cdd44bd7 100644
--- a/webservice/readme/DESCRIPTION.rst
+++ b/webservice/readme/DESCRIPTION.rst
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-This module creates WebService frameworks to be used globally
+This module creates WebService frameworks to be used globally.
+
+The module introduces support for HTTP Request protocol. The webservice HTTP call returns by default the content of the response. A context 'content_only' can be passed to get the full response object.
diff --git a/webservice/static/description/index.html b/webservice/static/description/index.html
index ed3e8ad8..300f07ae 100644
--- a/webservice/static/description/index.html
+++ b/webservice/static/description/index.html
@@ -369,7 +369,8 @@ WebService
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-This module creates WebService frameworks to be used globally
+This module creates WebService frameworks to be used globally.
+The module introduces support for HTTP Request protocol. The webservice HTTP call returns by default the content of the response. A context ‘content_only’ can be passed to get the full response object.
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