https://github.com/augustl/net-http-cheat-sheet

A collection of Ruby Net::HTTP examples.
https://github.com/augustl/net-http-cheat-sheet

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A collection of Ruby Net::HTTP examples.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/augustl/net-http-cheat-sheet
• Owner: augustl
• License: mit
• Created: 2010-01-07T08:42:55.000Z (almost 15 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-04-03T04:53:58.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-15T12:08:21.234Z (28 days ago)
• Language: Ruby
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• Stars: 1,148
• Watchers: 42
• Forks: 163
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.md

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# Ruby `Net::HTTP` cheat sheet

A bunch of examples of various use cases, implemented with Ruby's `Net::HTTP` library.

# Alternatives to `Net::HTTP`

This cheat sheet was created many years ago, when invoking `Net::HTTP` directly was common. These days, there are better alternatives around, with much nicer APIs.

Compare multipart file uploads with `Net::HTTP`:

```ruby

BOUNDARY = "AaB03x"

uri = URI.parse("http://something.com/uploads")

file = "/path/to/your/testfile.txt"

post_body = []

post_body << "--#{BOUNDARY}\r\n"

post_body << "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"datafile\"; filename=\"#{File.basename(file)}\"\r\n"

post_body << "Content-Type: text/plain\r\n"

post_body << "\r\n"

post_body << File.read(file)

post_body << "\r\n--#{BOUNDARY}--\r\n"

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.request_uri)

request.body = post_body.join

request["Content-Type"] = "multipart/form-data, boundary=#{BOUNDARY}"

http.request(request)

```

And file uploads with RestClient - just a single line, and no shoddy manual string concatenation:

```ruby

RestClient.post '/data', :myfile => File.new("/path/to/image.jpg", 'rb')

```

    

Check out RestClient! https://github.com/rest-client/rest-client