HTTPI provides a common interface for Ruby's HTTP libraries.
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Installation
HTTPI is available through Rubygems and can be installed via:
$ gem install httpi
Introduction
require "httpi"
# create a request object
request = HTTPI::Request.new
request.url = "http://example.com"
# and pass it to a request method
HTTPI.get(request)
# use a specific adapter per request
HTTPI.get(request, :curb)
# or specify a global adapter to use
HTTPI.adapter = :httpclient
# and execute arbitary requests
HTTPI.request(:custom, request)
Documentation
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