em-net-http 0.1.2 → 0.1.3

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  1. data/README.md +38 -3
  2. data/VERSION +1 -1
  3. data/em-net-http.gemspec +1 -1
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- Using the magic of Ruby 1.9's Fibers, we monkeypatch Net::HTTP to use
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- the faster, nonblocking em-http-request under the hood. Obviously this
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- will only work from inside the EventMachine event loop.
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+ Most Ruby web API libraries use <tt>Net::HTTP</tt> (because it's ubiquitous),
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+ but I want to use them in my non-blocking EventMachine-based applications, and
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+ I don't want Net::HTTP to block. I therefore wrote this.
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+ Using the magic of Ruby 1.9's Fibers, we monkeypatch <tt>Net::HTTP</tt> to use
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+ the faster, nonblocking <tt>[em-http-request][1]</tt> under the hood. Obviously this
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+ will only work from inside the [EventMachine][2] event loop, and from within a spawned
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+ fiber:
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+ require 'em-net-http'
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+ EM.run do
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+ Fiber.new do
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+ Net::HTTP.start('encrypted.google.com', :use_ssl=>true) do |http|
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+ res = http.get('/search?q=james')
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+ puts res.body
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+ end
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+ EM.stop_event_loop
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+ end.resume
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+ end
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+ The above will run without blocking your carefully-tuned nonblocking webapp.
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+ I have vaguely tested <tt>em-net-http</tt> with <tt>[right_aws][3]</tt>,
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+ [Weary][4] and the [Tumblr gem][5]. There's no actual unit tests as such; if you're
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+ feeling smarter than I am, please feel free to contribute some! <tt>:-)</tt>
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+ ### Caveat
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+ The <tt>Net::HTTP</tt> API is a many-headed hydra -- I haven't patched much of it;
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+ in fact I've patched <tt>Net::HTTP#request</tt>, and that's it. Your mileage may
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+ therefore vary. Please feed me patches, pull requests and bug reports!
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+ [1]: http://github.com/igrigorik/em-http-request
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+ [2]: http://rubyeventmachine.com/
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+ [3]: http://rightaws.rubyforge.org/
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+ [4]: http://github.com/mwunsch/weary
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+ [5]: http://github.com/mwunsch/tumblr
data/VERSION CHANGED
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- 0.1.2
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  Gem::Specification.new do |s|
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  s.name = %q{em-net-http}
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- s.version = "0.1.2"
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+ s.version = "0.1.3"
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  s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
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  s.authors = ["James Fairbairn"]
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- version: 0.1.2
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+ version: 0.1.3
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  platform: ruby
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  authors:
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  - James Fairbairn