# predefined ANSI color codes for HTTP verbs
  colors = { "POST" => '35;1', "PUT" => '36;1', "DELETE" => '31;1' }

  String.class_eval do
    if RUBY_PLATFORM.index('mswin').nil?
      def colorize(code)
        code ? "\e[#{code}m#{self}\e[0m" : self
      end
    else
      def colorize(code) self end
    end
  end