@@ 75,6 75,19 @@ class SubscriptionManager(models.Manager
 
         return subscription
     
+    def status(self, topic, hub=None, debug=False):
+        config = Config()
+        if hub is None:
+            hub = self._get_hub(topic)
+        headers = config.get_extra_hub_headers(topic, hub)
+        
+        try:
+            response = self._send_request(hub+'?hub.mode=status&hub.topic='+topic, {}, headers, debug)
+        except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
+            if e.code == 302:
+               return True
+        return False
+    
     def subscribe(self, topic, **kwargs):
         return self.do_action(topic, mode='subscribe', **kwargs)
     

          
@@ 97,12 110,17 @@ class SubscriptionManager(models.Manager
                     for subvalue in value:
                         yield key, value
 
-        encoded_data = urlencode(list(data_generator()))
-        #headers.update({'Content-Length': (len(encoded_data) + 2)})
-        if debug:
-            print 'Sending:\n%s\n%s\n%s\n\n' % (url, encoded_data, headers)
+        if data:
+            encoded_data = urlencode(list(data_generator()))
+            #headers.update({'Content-Length': (len(encoded_data) + 2)})
+            if debug:
+                print 'Sending:\n%s\n%s\n%s\n\n' % (url, encoded_data, headers)
+            req = urllib2.Request(url, encoded_data, headers=headers)
+        else:
+            if debug:
+                print 'Sending:\n%s\n%s\n\n' % (url, headers)
+            req = urllib2.Request(url, headers=headers)
 
-        req = urllib2.Request(url, encoded_data, headers=headers)
         return urllib2.urlopen(req)