add some benches with other http libs

src/client/mod.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-//! # Client
+//! HTTP Client
 use url::Url;
 
-use method::{Get, Method};
+use method::{Get, Head, Post, Delete, Method};
 
 pub use self::request::Request;
 pub use self::response::Response;
@@ -16,6 +16,22 @@ pub fn get(url: Url) -> HttpResult<Request> {
     request(Get, url)
 }
 
+/// Create a HEAD client request.
+pub fn head(url: Url) -> HttpResult<Request> {
+    request(Head, url)
+}
+
+/// Create a POST client request.
+pub fn post(url: Url) -> HttpResult<Request> {
+    // TODO: should this accept a Body parameter? or just let user `write` to the request?
+    request(Post, url)
+}
+
+/// Create a DELETE client request.
+pub fn delete(url: Url) -> HttpResult<Request> {
+    request(Delete, url)
+}
+
 /// Create a client request.
 pub fn request(method: Method, url: Url) -> HttpResult<Request> {
     Request::new(method, url)