class Fedora::Repository

def ingest(content_to_ingest, extra_params={})
  if extra_params[:pid]
    url = url_for(extra_params[:pid])
  else
    url = url_for("new")
  end
  
  if content_to_ingest.kind_of?(File) 
    content_to_ingest = content_to_ingest.read
  end
    
  connection.post(url,content_to_ingest)
end