nghttp

A client for HTTP goodness. Inspired by python-requests and daily need.

Installation

Add this to your application's shard.yml:

dependencies:
  nghttp:
    github: bmmcginty/nghttp

Usage

require "nghttp"
# Create a session.
# It can persist cookies and connections.
s=NGHTTP::Session.new
# Override the user-agent header.
s.headers["User-Agent"]="New User-Agent"
# Enable the cache.
s.config.cache=true
s.config.cache_expires=1.hours
body = s.get"https://example.org/") do |resp|
resp.xml
end

Testing

Clone httpbin. git clone https://github.com/bmmcginty/httpbin Add to nginx.conf for keep-alive testing:

location /conn {
default_type application/json;
return 200 '{"connection": "$connection", "connection_requests": "$connection_requests", "connection_time": "$connection_time"}';
}

See spec/nghttp_spec.cr.

Development

Most code can be found in the handlers directory.

Contributing

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/bmmcginty/nghttp/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request

Contributors

• bmmcginty Brandon McGinty - creator, maintainer