HTTP (The Gem! a.k.a. http.rb) is an easy-to-use client library for making requests from Ruby. It uses a simple method chaining system for building requests, similar to Python's Requests.
Under the hood, http.rb uses the llhttp parser, a fast HTTP parsing native extension.
This library isn't just yet another wrapper around Net::HTTP. It implements the HTTP
protocol natively and outsources the parsing to native extensions.
Clean API: http.rb offers an easy-to-use API that should be a breath of fresh air after using something like Net::HTTP.
Maturity: http.rb is one of the most mature Ruby HTTP clients, supporting features like persistent connections and fine-grained timeouts.
Performance: using native parsers and a clean, lightweight implementation, http.rb achieves high performance while implementing HTTP in Ruby instead of C.
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem "http"
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install http
Inside of your Ruby program do:
require "http"
...to pull it in as a dependency.
Please see the http.rb wiki for more detailed documentation and usage notes.
The following API documentation is also available:
Here's some simple examples to get you started:
>> HTTP.get("https://github.com").to_s
=> "\n\n\n<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html lang=\"en\" class=\"\">\n <head prefix=\"o..."
That's all it takes! To obtain an HTTP::Response object instead of the response
body, all we have to do is omit the #to_s on the end:
>> HTTP.get("https://github.com")
=> #<HTTP::Response/1.1 200 OK {"Server"=>"GitHub.com", "Date"=>"Tue, 10 May...>
We can also obtain an HTTP::Response::Body object for this response:
>> HTTP.get("https://github.com").body
=> #<HTTP::Response::Body:3ff756862b48 @streaming=false>
The response body can be streamed with HTTP::Response::Body#readpartial.
In practice, you'll want to bind the HTTP::Response::Body to a local variable
and call #readpartial on it repeatedly until it returns nil:
>> body = HTTP.get("https://github.com").body
=> #<HTTP::Response::Body:3ff756862b48 @streaming=false>
>> body.readpartial
=> "\n\n\n<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html lang=\"en\" class=\"\">\n <head prefix=\"o..."
>> body.readpartial
=> "\" href=\"/apple-touch-icon-72x72.png\">\n <link rel=\"apple-touch-ic..."
# ...
>> body.readpartial
=> nil
This library aims to support and is tested against the following Ruby versions:
If something doesn't work on one of these versions, it's a bug.
This library may inadvertently work (or seem to work) on other Ruby versions, however support will only be provided for the versions listed above.
If you would like this library to support another Ruby version or implementation, you may volunteer to be a maintainer. Being a maintainer entails making sure all tests run and pass on that implementation. When something breaks on your implementation, you will be responsible for providing patches in a timely fashion. If critical issues for a particular implementation exist at the time of a major release, support for that Ruby version may be dropped.
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