http-requestor 0.0.1 → 0.0.2

data/README.rdoc

@@ -1,15 +1,29 @@
 = http-requestor
 
-A Wrapper around Net/HTTP which allows you to perform HTTP Requests.
+A Wrapper around Net/HTTP which allows you to perform HTTP Requests in a simple way.
 
 = Usage
 
-http = HttpRequestor.new("http://www.mydomain.com")
+http = HttpRequestor.new("http://www.mydomain.com") # This will initialize the HttpRequestor class
 
-response = http.get("/get_path")
+[Sending Calls to the initialized domain] response = http.get("/get_path")
 
-response = http.post("/post_path")
+                                          response = http.post("/post_path")
 
-response = http.put("/put_path")
+                                          response = http.put("/put_path")
 
-response = http.delete("/delete_path")
+                                          response = http.delete("/delete_path")
+
+                                          The above methods also accept optional parameters, for
+                                          
+                                          * Parameters to be sent to the request
+                                          * Headers to be sent to the request
+
+[Alternatively you can also use the method]  HttpRequestor.request
+
+                                             which takes the paramters in order
+                                             * domain       #=> for example: "http://www.some_domain.com"
+                                             * request_type #=> GET|POST|PUT|DELETE
+                                             * path         #=> for example: "/some_path"
+                                             * parameters   #=> this is an optional parameter, if you want to send some parameters alongwith the request, you can pass a hash with
+                                             * headers      #=> this is also an optional parameter, you can pass a hash with stringified keys

data/lib/http-requestor.rb

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class HttpRequestor
   end
 
   def self.request(domain, request_type, request_path, data={}, headers={})
-    data = data.to_query if data.is_a?(Hash)
+    data = data.to_query
     request = HttpRequestor.new(domain)
     if request_type == "GET"
       return request.get(request_path, data, headers)
@@ -64,4 +64,30 @@ class HttpRequestor
       return request.delete(request_path, data, headers)
     end
   end
+end
+
+class Hash
+  def to_query(namespace = nil)
+    collect do |key, value|
+      value.to_query(namespace ? "#{namespace}[#{key}]" : key)
+    end.sort * '&'
+  end
+end
+
+class Array
+  def to_query(key)
+    prefix = "#{key}[]"
+    collect { |value| value.to_query(prefix) }.join '&'
+  end
+end
+
+class String
+  def to_query(key)
+    require 'cgi' unless defined?(CGI) && defined?(CGI::escape)
+    "#{CGI.escape(key.to_param)}=#{CGI.escape(to_param.to_s)}"
+  end
+  
+  def to_param
+    to_s
+  end
 end

metadata

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
 name: http-requestor
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
-  version: 0.0.1
+  version: 0.0.2
   prerelease: 
 platform: ruby
 authors:
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ authors:
 autorequire: 
 bindir: bin
 cert_chain: []
-date: 2012-08-03 00:00:00.000000000Z
+date: 2012-09-12 00:00:00.000000000Z
 dependencies: []
 description: A Wrapper around Net/HTTP which allows you to perform HTTP Requests.
 email: rohit0981989@gmail.com