# File lib/chef/resource_reporter.rb, line 183
    def post_reporting_data
      if reporting_enabled?
        run_data = prepare_run_data
        resource_history_url = "reports/nodes/#{@node.name}/runs/#{@run_id}"
        Chef::Log.info("Sending resource update report (run-id: #{@run_id})")
        Chef::Log.debug run_data.inspect
        compressed_data = encode_gzip(run_data.to_json)
        begin
          #if summary only is enabled send the uncompressed run_data excluding the run_data["resources"] and some additional metrics.
          if @summary_only
            run_data = report_summary(run_data, compressed_data)
            Chef::Log.info("run_data_summary: #{run_data}")
            @rest_client.post_rest(resource_history_url, run_data)
          else
            Chef::Log.debug("Sending compressed run data...")
            # Since we're posting compressed data we can not directly call
            # post_rest which expects JSON
            reporting_url = @rest_client.create_url(resource_history_url)
            @rest_client.raw_http_request(:POST, reporting_url, {'Content-Encoding' => 'gzip'}, compressed_data)
          end
        rescue Net::HTTPServerException => e
          if e.response.code.to_s == "400"
            Chef::FileCache.store("failed-reporting-data.json", Chef::JSONCompat.to_json_pretty(run_data), 0640)
            Chef::Log.error("Failed to post reporting data to server (HTTP 400), saving to #{Chef::FileCache.load("failed-reporting-data.json", false)}")
          else
            Chef::Log.error("Failed to post reporting data to server (HTTP #{e.response.code.to_s})")
          end
        end
      else
        Chef::Log.debug("Server doesn't support resource history, skipping resource report.")
      end
    end