diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ba2a97b57..98f9955c6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 node_modules
 coverage
+.idea
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4a0a2cc25..e163ee24f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 ## Change Log
 
+### v2.49.0 (2014/11/28)
+- [#1295](https://github.com/request/request/pull/1295) fix(proxy): no-proxy false positive (@oliamb)
+- [#1292](https://github.com/request/request/pull/1292) Upgrade `caseless` to 0.8.1 (@mmalecki)
+- [#1276](https://github.com/request/request/pull/1276) Set transfer encoding for multipart/related to chunked by default (@simov)
+- [#1275](https://github.com/request/request/pull/1275) Fix multipart content-type headers detection (@simov)
+- [#1269](https://github.com/request/request/pull/1269) adds streams example for review (@tbuchok)
+- [#1238](https://github.com/request/request/pull/1238) Add examples README.md (@simov)
+
 ### v2.48.0 (2014/11/12)
 - [#1263](https://github.com/request/request/pull/1263) Fixed a syntax error / typo in README.md (@xna2)
 - [#1253](https://github.com/request/request/pull/1253) Add multipart chunked flag (@simov, @nylen)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c2c1c860e..1a5481ac5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -256,10 +256,11 @@ var formData = {
   my_file: fs.createReadStream(__dirname + '/unicycle.jpg'),
   // Pass multiple values /w an Array
   attachments: [
-    fs.createReadStream(__dirname + '/attacment1.jpg'),
+    fs.createReadStream(__dirname + '/attachment1.jpg'),
     fs.createReadStream(__dirname + '/attachment2.jpg')
   ],
   // Pass optional meta-data with an 'options' object with style: {value: DATA, options: OPTIONS}
+  // Use case: for some types of streams, you'll need to provide "file"-related information manually.
   // See the `form-data` README for more information about options: https://github.com/felixge/node-form-data
   custom_file: {
     value:  fs.createReadStream('/dev/urandom'),
@@ -277,7 +278,7 @@ request.post({url:'http://service.com/upload', formData: formData}, function opt
 });
 ```
 
-For advanced cases, you can the form-data object itself via `r.form()`. This can be modified until the request is fired on the next cycle of the event-loop. (Note that this calling `form()` will clear the currently set form data for that request.)
+For advanced cases, you can access the form-data object itself via `r.form()`. This can be modified until the request is fired on the next cycle of the event-loop. (Note that this calling `form()` will clear the currently set form data for that request.)
 
 ```javascript
 // NOTE: Advanced use-case, for normal use see 'formData' usage above
@@ -313,7 +314,7 @@ Some variations in different HTTP implementations require a newline/CRLF before,
       chunked: false,
       data: [
         {
-          'content-type': 'application/json', 
+          'content-type': 'application/json',
           body: JSON.stringify({foo: 'bar', _attachments: {'message.txt': {follows: true, length: 18, 'content_type': 'text/plain' }}})
         },
         { body: 'I am an attachment' }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c85d3ac6c..3517704de 100755
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "util",
     "utility"
   ],
-  "version": "2.48.1",
+  "version": "2.49.1",
   "author": "Mikeal Rogers <mikeal.rogers@gmail.com>",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
   "main": "index.js",
   "dependencies": {
     "bl": "~0.9.0",
-    "caseless": "~0.7.0",
+    "caseless": "~0.8.0",
     "forever-agent": "~0.5.0",
-    "form-data": "~0.1.0",
+    "form-data": "~0.2.0",
     "json-stringify-safe": "~5.0.0",
     "mime-types": "~1.0.1",
     "node-uuid": "~1.4.0",
diff --git a/request.js b/request.js
index 826ed7f1b..93239feb7 100644
--- a/request.js
+++ b/request.js
@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@ function getProxyFromURI(uri) {
         }
       } else {
         noProxyItem = noProxyItem.replace(/^\.*/, '.')
-        if (hostname.indexOf(noProxyItem) === hostname.length - noProxyItem.length) {
+        var isMatchedAt = hostname.indexOf(noProxyItem)
+        if (isMatchedAt > -1 && isMatchedAt === hostname.length - noProxyItem.length) {
           return null
         }
       }
@@ -1429,6 +1430,10 @@ Request.prototype.multipart = function (multipart) {
     return chunked ? items.append(part) : items.push(new Buffer(part))
   }
 
+  if (chunked) {
+    self.setHeader('transfer-encoding', 'chunked')
+  }
+
   var headerName = self.hasHeader('content-type')
   if (!headerName || self.headers[headerName].indexOf('multipart') === -1) {
     self.setHeader('content-type', 'multipart/related; boundary=' + self.boundary)
@@ -1477,7 +1482,7 @@ Request.prototype.json = function (val) {
 
   self._json = true
   if (typeof val === 'boolean') {
-    if (typeof self.body === 'object') {
+    if (self.body !== undefined) {
       self.body = safeStringify(self.body)
       if (!self.hasHeader('content-type')) {
         self.setHeader('content-type', 'application/json')
diff --git a/tests/server.js b/tests/server.js
index f18c01d1e..7e64a165a 100644
--- a/tests/server.js
+++ b/tests/server.js
@@ -77,6 +77,24 @@ exports.createPostValidator = function (text, reqContentType) {
   }
   return l
 }
+exports.createPostJSONValidator = function (value, reqContentType) {
+  var l = function (req, resp) {
+    var r = ''
+    req.on('data', function (chunk) {r += chunk})
+    req.on('end', function () {
+      var parsedValue = JSON.parse(r)
+      assert.deepEqual(parsedValue, value)
+      if (reqContentType) {
+        assert.ok(req.headers['content-type'])
+        assert.ok(~req.headers['content-type'].indexOf(reqContentType))
+      }
+      resp.writeHead(200, {'content-type':'application/json'})
+      resp.write(r)
+      resp.end()
+    })
+  }
+  return l
+}
 exports.createGetResponse = function (text, contentType) {
   var l = function (req, resp) {
     contentType = contentType || 'text/plain'
diff --git a/tests/test-json-request.js b/tests/test-json-request.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af41964bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-json-request.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+'use strict'
+
+var server = require('./server')
+  , stream = require('stream')
+  , request = require('../index')
+  , tape = require('tape')
+
+var s = server.createServer()
+
+tape('setup', function(t) {
+  s.listen(s.port, function() {
+    t.end()
+  })
+})
+
+function testJSONValue(testId, value) {
+  tape('test ' + testId, function(t) {
+    var testUrl = '/' + testId
+    s.on(testUrl, server.createPostJSONValidator(value, 'application/json'))
+    var opts = {
+      method: 'PUT',
+      uri: s.url + testUrl,
+      json: true,
+      body: value
+    }
+    request(opts, function (err, resp, body) {
+      t.equal(err, null)
+      t.equal(resp.statusCode, 200)
+      t.deepEqual(body, value)
+      t.end()
+    })
+  })
+}
+
+testJSONValue('jsonNull', null)
+testJSONValue('jsonTrue', true)
+testJSONValue('jsonFalse', false)
+testJSONValue('jsonNumber', -289365.2938)
+testJSONValue('jsonString', 'some string')
+testJSONValue('jsonArray', ['value1', 2, null, 8925.53289, true, false, ['array'], { object: 'property' }])
+testJSONValue('jsonObject', {
+  trueProperty: true,
+  falseProperty: false,
+  numberProperty: -98346.34698,
+  stringProperty: 'string',
+  nullProperty: null,
+  arrayProperty: ['array'],
+  objectProperty: { object: 'property' }
+})
+
+tape('cleanup', function(t) {
+  s.close()
+  t.end()
+})
diff --git a/tests/test-multipart.js b/tests/test-multipart.js
index bc1ab1438..ec18ef8ea 100644
--- a/tests/test-multipart.js
+++ b/tests/test-multipart.js
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ function runTest(t, a) {
     if (a.json) {
       reqOptions.json = true
     }
-    request.post(reqOptions, function (err, res, body) {
+    request[a.method](reqOptions, function (err, res, body) {
       t.equal(err, null)
       t.equal(res.statusCode, 200)
       t.deepEqual(body, a.json ? {status: 'done'} : 'done')
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ function runTest(t, a) {
   })
 }
 
+var methods = ['post', 'get']
 var cases = [
   {name: '-json +array',   args: {json: false, array: true}},
   {name: '-json -array',   args: {json: false, array: false}},
@@ -127,8 +128,11 @@ var cases = [
   {name: '+json +headers -chunked', args: {json: true, headers: true, array: false, chunked: false}}
 ]
 
-cases.forEach(function (test) {
-  tape('multipart related ' + test.name, function(t) {
-    runTest(t, test.args)
+methods.forEach(function(method) {
+  cases.forEach(function (test) {
+    tape('multipart related ' + method + ' ' + test.name, function(t) {
+      test.args.method = method
+      runTest(t, test.args)
+    })
   })
 })
diff --git a/tests/test-proxy.js b/tests/test-proxy.js
index fd329fbfc..12c5f9666 100644
--- a/tests/test-proxy.js
+++ b/tests/test-proxy.js
@@ -131,6 +131,13 @@ if (process.env.TEST_PROXY_HARNESS) {
     env : { http_proxy : s.url }
   }, true)
 
+  runTest('http_proxy with length of one more than the URL', {
+    env: {
+      HTTP_PROXY : s.url,
+      NO_PROXY: 'elgoog1.com' // one more char than google.com
+    }
+  }, true)
+
   runTest('NO_PROXY hostnames are case insensitive', {
     env : {
       HTTP_PROXY : s.url,