net-http 0.3.1 → 0.4.0

data/lib/net/http/header.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: false
+# frozen_string_literal: true
 #
 # The \HTTPHeader module provides access to \HTTP headers.
 #
@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@
 # - #each_value: Passes each string field value to the block.
 #
 module Net::HTTPHeader
+  MAX_KEY_LENGTH = 1024
+  MAX_FIELD_LENGTH = 65536
 
   def initialize_http_header(initheader) #:nodoc:
     @header = {}
@@ -189,6 +191,12 @@ module Net::HTTPHeader
         warn "net/http: nil HTTP header: #{key}", uplevel: 3 if $VERBOSE
       else
         value = value.strip # raise error for invalid byte sequences
+        if key.to_s.bytesize > MAX_KEY_LENGTH
+          raise ArgumentError, "too long (#{key.bytesize} bytes) header: #{key[0, 30].inspect}..."
+        end
+        if value.to_s.bytesize > MAX_FIELD_LENGTH
+          raise ArgumentError, "header #{key} has too long field value: #{value.bytesize}"
+        end
         if value.count("\r\n") > 0
           raise ArgumentError, "header #{key} has field value #{value.inspect}, this cannot include CR/LF"
         end
@@ -207,9 +215,7 @@ module Net::HTTPHeader
   # or +nil+ if there is no such key;
   # see {Fields}[rdoc-ref:Net::HTTPHeader@Fields]:
   #
-  #   res = Net::HTTP.start(hostname) do |http|
-  #     http.get('/todos/1')
-  #   end
+  #   res = Net::HTTP.get_response(hostname, '/todos/1')
   #   res['Connection'] # => "keep-alive"
   #   res['Nosuch']     # => nil
   #
@@ -293,9 +299,7 @@ module Net::HTTPHeader
   # or +nil+ if there is no such field;
   # see {Fields}[rdoc-ref:Net::HTTPHeader@Fields]:
   #
-  #   res = Net::HTTP.start(hostname) do |http|
-  #     http.get('/todos/1')
-  #   end
+  #   res = Net::HTTP.get_response(hostname, '/todos/1')
   #   res.get_fields('Connection') # => ["keep-alive"]
   #   res.get_fields('Nosuch')     # => nil
   #
@@ -305,7 +309,7 @@ module Net::HTTPHeader
     @header[stringified_downcased_key].dup
   end
 
-  # :call-seq
+  # call-seq:
   #   fetch(key, default_val = nil) {|key| ... } -> object
   #   fetch(key, default_val = nil) -> value or default_val
   #
@@ -314,9 +318,7 @@ module Net::HTTPHeader
   # ignores the +default_val+;
   # see {Fields}[rdoc-ref:Net::HTTPHeader@Fields]:
   #
-  #   res = Net::HTTP.start(hostname) do |http|
-  #     http.get('/todos/1')
-  #   end
+  #   res = Net::HTTP.get_response(hostname, '/todos/1')
   #
   #   # Field exists; block not called.
   #   res.fetch('Connection') do |value|
@@ -343,9 +345,7 @@ module Net::HTTPHeader
 
   # Calls the block with each key/value pair:
   #
-  #   res = Net::HTTP.start(hostname) do |http|
-  #     http.get('/todos/1')
-  #   end
+  #   res = Net::HTTP.get_response(hostname, '/todos/1')
   #   res.each_header do |key, value|
   #     p [key, value] if key.start_with?('c')
   #   end
@@ -372,20 +372,18 @@ module Net::HTTPHeader
 
   # Calls the block with each field key:
   #
-  #   res = Net::HTTP.start(hostname) do |http|
-  #     http.get('/todos/1')
-  #   end
+  #   res = Net::HTTP.get_response(hostname, '/todos/1')
   #   res.each_key do |key|
   #     p key if key.start_with?('c')
   #   end
   #
   # Output:
   #
-  # "content-type"
-  # "connection"
-  # "cache-control"
-  # "cf-cache-status"
-  # "cf-ray"
+  #   "content-type"
+  #   "connection"
+  #   "cache-control"
+  #   "cf-cache-status"
+  #   "cf-ray"
   #
   # Returns an enumerator if no block is given.
   #
@@ -399,9 +397,7 @@ module Net::HTTPHeader
 
   # Calls the block with each capitalized field name:
   #
-  #   res = Net::HTTP.start(hostname) do |http|
-  #     http.get('/todos/1')
-  #   end
+  #   res = Net::HTTP.get_response(hostname, '/todos/1')
   #   res.each_capitalized_name do |key|
   #     p key if key.start_with?('C')
   #   end
@@ -427,9 +423,7 @@ module Net::HTTPHeader
 
   # Calls the block with each string field value:
   #
-  #   res = Net::HTTP.start(hostname) do |http|
-  #     http.get('/todos/1')
-  #   end
+  #   res = Net::HTTP.get_response(hostname, '/todos/1')
   #   res.each_value do |value|
   #     p value if value.start_with?('c')
   #   end
@@ -554,7 +548,7 @@ module Net::HTTPHeader
     result
   end
 
-  # :call-seq:
+  # call-seq:
   #   set_range(length) -> length
   #   set_range(offset, length) -> range
   #   set_range(begin..length) -> range
@@ -610,8 +604,15 @@ module Net::HTTPHeader
 
   alias range= set_range
 
-  # Returns an Integer object which represents the HTTP Content-Length:
-  # header field, or +nil+ if that field was not provided.
+  # Returns the value of field <tt>'Content-Length'</tt> as an integer,
+  # or +nil+ if there is no such field;
+  # see {Content-Length request header}[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_header_fields#content-length-request-header]:
+  #
+  #   res = Net::HTTP.get_response(hostname, '/nosuch/1')
+  #   res.content_length # => 2
+  #   res = Net::HTTP.get_response(hostname, '/todos/1')
+  #   res.content_length # => nil
+  #
   def content_length
     return nil unless key?('Content-Length')
     len = self['Content-Length'].slice(/\d+/) or
@@ -619,6 +620,20 @@ module Net::HTTPHeader
     len.to_i
   end
 
+  # Sets the value of field <tt>'Content-Length'</tt> to the given numeric;
+  # see {Content-Length response header}[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_header_fields#content-length-response-header]:
+  #
+  #   _uri = uri.dup
+  #   hostname = _uri.hostname           # => "jsonplaceholder.typicode.com"
+  #   _uri.path = '/posts'               # => "/posts"
+  #   req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(_uri)    # => #<Net::HTTP::Post POST>
+  #   req.body = '{"title": "foo","body": "bar","userId": 1}'
+  #   req.content_length = req.body.size # => 42
+  #   req.content_type = 'application/json'
+  #   res = Net::HTTP.start(hostname) do |http|
+  #     http.request(req)
+  #   end # => #<Net::HTTPCreated 201 Created readbody=true>
+  #
   def content_length=(len)
     unless len
       @header.delete 'content-length'
@@ -627,20 +642,31 @@ module Net::HTTPHeader
     @header['content-length'] = [len.to_i.to_s]
   end
 
-  # Returns "true" if the "transfer-encoding" header is present and
-  # set to "chunked".  This is an HTTP/1.1 feature, allowing
-  # the content to be sent in "chunks" without at the outset
-  # stating the entire content length.
+  # Returns +true+ if field <tt>'Transfer-Encoding'</tt>
+  # exists and has value <tt>'chunked'</tt>,
+  # +false+ otherwise;
+  # see {Transfer-Encoding response header}[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_header_fields#transfer-encoding-response-header]:
+  #
+  #   res = Net::HTTP.get_response(hostname, '/todos/1')
+  #   res['Transfer-Encoding'] # => "chunked"
+  #   res.chunked?             # => true
+  #
   def chunked?
     return false unless @header['transfer-encoding']
     field = self['Transfer-Encoding']
     (/(?:\A|[^\-\w])chunked(?![\-\w])/i =~ field) ? true : false
   end
 
-  # Returns a Range object which represents the value of the Content-Range:
-  # header field.
-  # For a partial entity body, this indicates where this fragment
-  # fits inside the full entity body, as range of byte offsets.
+  # Returns a Range object representing the value of field
+  # <tt>'Content-Range'</tt>, or +nil+ if no such field exists;
+  # see {Content-Range response header}[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_header_fields#content-range-response-header]:
+  #
+  #   res = Net::HTTP.get_response(hostname, '/todos/1')
+  #   res['Content-Range'] # => nil
+  #   res['Content-Range'] = 'bytes 0-499/1000'
+  #   res['Content-Range'] # => "bytes 0-499/1000"
+  #   res.content_range    # => 0..499
+  #
   def content_range
     return nil unless @header['content-range']
     m = %r<\A\s*(\w+)\s+(\d+)-(\d+)/(\d+|\*)>.match(self['Content-Range']) or
@@ -649,32 +675,66 @@ module Net::HTTPHeader
     m[2].to_i .. m[3].to_i
   end
 
-  # The length of the range represented in Content-Range: header.
+  # Returns the integer representing length of the value of field
+  # <tt>'Content-Range'</tt>, or +nil+ if no such field exists;
+  # see {Content-Range response header}[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_header_fields#content-range-response-header]:
+  #
+  #   res = Net::HTTP.get_response(hostname, '/todos/1')
+  #   res['Content-Range'] # => nil
+  #   res['Content-Range'] = 'bytes 0-499/1000'
+  #   res.range_length     # => 500
+  #
   def range_length
     r = content_range() or return nil
     r.end - r.begin + 1
   end
 
-  # Returns a content type string such as "text/html".
-  # This method returns nil if Content-Type: header field does not exist.
+  # Returns the {media type}[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_type]
+  # from the value of field <tt>'Content-Type'</tt>,
+  # or +nil+ if no such field exists;
+  # see {Content-Type response header}[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_header_fields#content-type-response-header]:
+  #
+  #   res = Net::HTTP.get_response(hostname, '/todos/1')
+  #   res['content-type'] # => "application/json; charset=utf-8"
+  #   res.content_type    # => "application/json"
+  #
   def content_type
-    return nil unless main_type()
-    if sub_type()
-    then "#{main_type()}/#{sub_type()}"
-    else main_type()
+    main = main_type()
+    return nil unless main
+
+    sub = sub_type()
+    if sub
+      "#{main}/#{sub}"
+    else
+      main
     end
   end
 
-  # Returns a content type string such as "text".
-  # This method returns nil if Content-Type: header field does not exist.
+  # Returns the leading ('type') part of the
+  # {media type}[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_type]
+  # from the value of field <tt>'Content-Type'</tt>,
+  # or +nil+ if no such field exists;
+  # see {Content-Type response header}[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_header_fields#content-type-response-header]:
+  #
+  #   res = Net::HTTP.get_response(hostname, '/todos/1')
+  #   res['content-type'] # => "application/json; charset=utf-8"
+  #   res.main_type       # => "application"
+  #
   def main_type
     return nil unless @header['content-type']
     self['Content-Type'].split(';').first.to_s.split('/')[0].to_s.strip
   end
 
-  # Returns a content type string such as "html".
-  # This method returns nil if Content-Type: header field does not exist
-  # or sub-type is not given (e.g. "Content-Type: text").
+  # Returns the trailing ('subtype') part of the
+  # {media type}[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_type]
+  # from the value of field <tt>'Content-Type'</tt>,
+  # or +nil+ if no such field exists;
+  # see {Content-Type response header}[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_header_fields#content-type-response-header]:
+  #
+  #   res = Net::HTTP.get_response(hostname, '/todos/1')
+  #   res['content-type'] # => "application/json; charset=utf-8"
+  #   res.sub_type        # => "json"
+  #
   def sub_type
     return nil unless @header['content-type']
     _, sub = *self['Content-Type'].split(';').first.to_s.split('/')
@@ -682,9 +742,14 @@ module Net::HTTPHeader
     sub.strip
   end
 
-  # Any parameters specified for the content type, returned as a Hash.
-  # For example, a header of Content-Type: text/html; charset=EUC-JP
-  # would result in type_params returning {'charset' => 'EUC-JP'}
+  # Returns the trailing ('parameters') part of the value of field <tt>'Content-Type'</tt>,
+  # or +nil+ if no such field exists;
+  # see {Content-Type response header}[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_header_fields#content-type-response-header]:
+  #
+  #   res = Net::HTTP.get_response(hostname, '/todos/1')
+  #   res['content-type'] # => "application/json; charset=utf-8"
+  #   res.type_params     # => {"charset"=>"utf-8"}
+  #
   def type_params
     result = {}
     list = self['Content-Type'].to_s.split(';')
@@ -696,10 +761,12 @@ module Net::HTTPHeader
     result
   end
 
-  # Sets the content type in an HTTP header.
-  # The +type+ should be a full HTTP content type, e.g. "text/html".
-  # The +params+ are an optional Hash of parameters to add after the
-  # content type, e.g. {'charset' => 'iso-8859-1'}.
+  # Sets the value of field <tt>'Content-Type'</tt>;
+  # returns the new value;
+  # see {Content-Type request header}[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_header_fields#content-type-request-header]:
+  #
+  #   req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
+  #   req.set_content_type('application/json') # => ["application/json"]
   #
   # Net::HTTPHeader#content_type= is an alias for Net::HTTPHeader#set_content_type.
   def set_content_type(type, params = {})
@@ -708,18 +775,38 @@ module Net::HTTPHeader
 
   alias content_type= set_content_type
 
-  # Set header fields and a body from HTML form data.
-  # +params+ should be an Array of Arrays or
-  # a Hash containing HTML form data.
-  # Optional argument +sep+ means data record separator.
+  # Sets the request body to a URL-encoded string derived from argument +params+,
+  # and sets request header field <tt>'Content-Type'</tt>
+  # to <tt>'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'</tt>.
+  #
+  # The resulting request is suitable for HTTP request +POST+ or +PUT+.
+  #
+  # Argument +params+ must be suitable for use as argument +enum+ to
+  # {URI.encode_www_form}[https://docs.ruby-lang.org/en/master/URI.html#method-c-encode_www_form].
+  #
+  # With only argument +params+ given,
+  # sets the body to a URL-encoded string with the default separator <tt>'&'</tt>:
   #
-  # Values are URL encoded as necessary and the content-type is set to
-  # application/x-www-form-urlencoded
+  #   req = Net::HTTP::Post.new('example.com')
   #
-  # Example:
-  #    http.form_data = {"q" => "ruby", "lang" => "en"}
-  #    http.form_data = {"q" => ["ruby", "perl"], "lang" => "en"}
-  #    http.set_form_data({"q" => "ruby", "lang" => "en"}, ';')
+  #   req.set_form_data(q: 'ruby', lang: 'en')
+  #   req.body            # => "q=ruby&lang=en"
+  #   req['Content-Type'] # => "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
+  #
+  #   req.set_form_data([['q', 'ruby'], ['lang', 'en']])
+  #   req.body            # => "q=ruby&lang=en"
+  #
+  #   req.set_form_data(q: ['ruby', 'perl'], lang: 'en')
+  #   req.body            # => "q=ruby&q=perl&lang=en"
+  #
+  #   req.set_form_data([['q', 'ruby'], ['q', 'perl'], ['lang', 'en']])
+  #   req.body            # => "q=ruby&q=perl&lang=en"
+  #
+  # With string argument +sep+ also given,
+  # uses that string as the separator:
+  #
+  #   req.set_form_data({q: 'ruby', lang: 'en'}, '|')
+  #   req.body # => "q=ruby|lang=en"
   #
   # Net::HTTPHeader#form_data= is an alias for Net::HTTPHeader#set_form_data.
   def set_form_data(params, sep = '&')
@@ -731,53 +818,108 @@ module Net::HTTPHeader
 
   alias form_data= set_form_data
 
-  # Set an HTML form data set.
-  # +params+ :: The form data to set, which should be an enumerable.
-  #             See below for more details.
-  # +enctype+ :: The content type to use to encode the form submission,
-  #              which should be application/x-www-form-urlencoded or
-  #              multipart/form-data.
-  # +formopt+ :: An options hash, supporting the following options:
-  #              :boundary :: The boundary of the multipart message. If
-  #                           not given, a random boundary will be used.
-  #              :charset :: The charset of the form submission. All
-  #                          field names and values of non-file fields
-  #                          should be encoded with this charset.
-  #
-  # Each item of params should respond to +each+ and yield 2-3 arguments,
-  # or an array of 2-3 elements. The arguments yielded should be:
-  #  * The name of the field.
-  #  * The value of the field, it should be a String or a File or IO-like.
-  #  * An options hash, supporting the following options, only
-  #    used for file uploads:
-  #    :filename :: The name of the file to use.
-  #    :content_type :: The content type of the uploaded file.
-  #
-  # Each item is a file field or a normal field.
-  # If +value+ is a File object or the +opt+ hash has a :filename key,
-  # the item is treated as a file field.
-  #
-  # If Transfer-Encoding is set as chunked, this sends the request using
-  # chunked encoding. Because chunked encoding is HTTP/1.1 feature,
-  # you should confirm that the server supports HTTP/1.1 before using
-  # chunked encoding.
-  #
-  # Example:
-  #    req.set_form([["q", "ruby"], ["lang", "en"]])
-  #
-  #    req.set_form({"f"=>File.open('/path/to/filename')},
-  #                 "multipart/form-data",
-  #                 charset: "UTF-8",
-  #    )
-  #
-  #    req.set_form([["f",
-  #                   File.open('/path/to/filename.bar'),
-  #                   {filename: "other-filename.foo"}
-  #                 ]],
-  #                 "multipart/form-data",
-  #    )
-  #
-  # See also RFC 2388, RFC 2616, HTML 4.01, and HTML5
+  # Stores form data to be used in a +POST+ or +PUT+ request.
+  #
+  # The form data given in +params+ consists of zero or more fields;
+  # each field is:
+  #
+  # - A scalar value.
+  # - A name/value pair.
+  # - An IO stream opened for reading.
+  #
+  # Argument +params+ should be an
+  # {Enumerable}[https://docs.ruby-lang.org/en/master/Enumerable.html#module-Enumerable-label-Enumerable+in+Ruby+Classes]
+  # (method <tt>params.map</tt> will be called),
+  # and is often an array or hash.
+  #
+  # First, we set up a request:
+  #
+  #   _uri = uri.dup
+  #   _uri.path ='/posts'
+  #   req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(_uri)
+  #
+  # <b>Argument +params+ As an Array</b>
+  #
+  # When +params+ is an array,
+  # each of its elements is a subarray that defines a field;
+  # the subarray may contain:
+  #
+  # - One string:
+  #
+  #     req.set_form([['foo'], ['bar'], ['baz']])
+  #
+  # - Two strings:
+  #
+  #     req.set_form([%w[foo 0], %w[bar 1], %w[baz 2]])
+  #
+  # - When argument +enctype+ (see below) is given as
+  #   <tt>'multipart/form-data'</tt>:
+  #
+  #   - A string name and an IO stream opened for reading:
+  #
+  #       require 'stringio'
+  #       req.set_form([['file', StringIO.new('Ruby is cool.')]])
+  #
+  #   - A string name, an IO stream opened for reading,
+  #     and an options hash, which may contain these entries:
+  #
+  #     - +:filename+: The name of the file to use.
+  #     - +:content_type+: The content type of the uploaded file.
+  #
+  #     Example:
+  #
+  #       req.set_form([['file', file, {filename: "other-filename.foo"}]]
+  #
+  # The various forms may be mixed:
+  #
+  #   req.set_form(['foo', %w[bar 1], ['file', file]])
+  #
+  # <b>Argument +params+ As a Hash</b>
+  #
+  # When +params+ is a hash,
+  # each of its entries is a name/value pair that defines a field:
+  #
+  # - The name is a string.
+  # - The value may be:
+  #
+  #   - +nil+.
+  #   - Another string.
+  #   - An IO stream opened for reading
+  #     (only when argument +enctype+ -- see below -- is given as
+  #     <tt>'multipart/form-data'</tt>).
+  #
+  # Examples:
+  #
+  #   # Nil-valued fields.
+  #   req.set_form({'foo' => nil, 'bar' => nil, 'baz' => nil})
+  #
+  #   # String-valued fields.
+  #   req.set_form({'foo' => 0, 'bar' => 1, 'baz' => 2})
+  #
+  #   # IO-valued field.
+  #   require 'stringio'
+  #   req.set_form({'file' => StringIO.new('Ruby is cool.')})
+  #
+  #   # Mixture of fields.
+  #   req.set_form({'foo' => nil, 'bar' => 1, 'file' => file})
+  #
+  # Optional argument +enctype+ specifies the value to be given
+  # to field <tt>'Content-Type'</tt>, and must be one of:
+  #
+  # - <tt>'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'</tt> (the default).
+  # - <tt>'multipart/form-data'</tt>;
+  #   see {RFC 7578}[https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7578].
+  #
+  # Optional argument +formopt+ is a hash of options
+  # (applicable only when argument +enctype+
+  # is <tt>'multipart/form-data'</tt>)
+  # that may include the following entries:
+  #
+  # - +:boundary+: The value is the boundary string for the multipart message.
+  #   If not given, the boundary is a random string.
+  #   See {Boundary}[https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7578#section-4.1].
+  # - +:charset+: Value is the character set for the form submission.
+  #   Field names and values of non-file fields should be encoded with this charset.
   #
   def set_form(params, enctype='application/x-www-form-urlencoded', formopt={})
     @body_data = params
@@ -793,12 +935,24 @@ module Net::HTTPHeader
     end
   end
 
-  # Set the Authorization: header for "Basic" authorization.
+  # Sets header <tt>'Authorization'</tt> using the given
+  # +account+ and +password+ strings:
+  #
+  #   req.basic_auth('my_account', 'my_password')
+  #   req['Authorization']
+  #   # => "Basic bXlfYWNjb3VudDpteV9wYXNzd29yZA=="
+  #
   def basic_auth(account, password)
     @header['authorization'] = [basic_encode(account, password)]
   end
 
-  # Set Proxy-Authorization: header for "Basic" authorization.
+  # Sets header <tt>'Proxy-Authorization'</tt> using the given
+  # +account+ and +password+ strings:
+  #
+  #   req.proxy_basic_auth('my_account', 'my_password')
+  #   req['Proxy-Authorization']
+  #   # => "Basic bXlfYWNjb3VudDpteV9wYXNzd29yZA=="
+  #
   def proxy_basic_auth(account, password)
     @header['proxy-authorization'] = [basic_encode(account, password)]
   end
@@ -808,6 +962,7 @@ module Net::HTTPHeader
   end
   private :basic_encode
 
+# Returns whether the HTTP session is to be closed.
   def connection_close?
     token = /(?:\A|,)\s*close\s*(?:\z|,)/i
     @header['connection']&.grep(token) {return true}
@@ -815,6 +970,7 @@ module Net::HTTPHeader
     false
   end
 
+# Returns whether the HTTP session is to be kept alive.
   def connection_keep_alive?
     token = /(?:\A|,)\s*keep-alive\s*(?:\z|,)/i
     @header['connection']&.grep(token) {return true}

data/lib/net/http/proxy_delta.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: false
+# frozen_string_literal: true
 module Net::HTTP::ProxyDelta   #:nodoc: internal use only
   private
 

data/lib/net/http/request.rb

@@ -1,10 +1,55 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: false
+# frozen_string_literal: true
 
-# This class is the base class for \Net::HTTP request classes;
-# it wraps together the request path and the request headers.
-#
+# This class is the base class for \Net::HTTP request classes.
 # The class should not be used directly;
-# instead you should use its subclasses.
+# instead you should use its subclasses, listed below.
+#
+# == Creating a Request
+#
+# An request object may be created with either a URI or a string hostname:
+#
+#   require 'net/http'
+#   uri = URI('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/')
+#   req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)          # => #<Net::HTTP::Get GET>
+#   req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.hostname) # => #<Net::HTTP::Get GET>
+#
+# And with any of the subclasses:
+#
+#   req = Net::HTTP::Head.new(uri) # => #<Net::HTTP::Head HEAD>
+#   req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri) # => #<Net::HTTP::Post POST>
+#   req = Net::HTTP::Put.new(uri)  # => #<Net::HTTP::Put PUT>
+#   # ...
+#
+# The new instance is suitable for use as the argument to Net::HTTP#request.
+#
+# == Request Headers
+#
+# A new request object has these header fields by default:
+#
+#   req.to_hash
+#   # =>
+#   {"accept-encoding"=>["gzip;q=1.0,deflate;q=0.6,identity;q=0.3"],
+#   "accept"=>["*/*"],
+#   "user-agent"=>["Ruby"],
+#   "host"=>["jsonplaceholder.typicode.com"]}
+#
+# See:
+#
+# - {Request header Accept-Encoding}[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_header_fields#Accept-Encoding]
+#   and {Compression and Decompression}[rdoc-ref:Net::HTTP@Compression+and+Decompression].
+# - {Request header Accept}[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_header_fields#accept-request-header].
+# - {Request header User-Agent}[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_header_fields#user-agent-request-header].
+# - {Request header Host}[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_header_fields#host-request-header].
+#
+# You can add headers or override default headers:
+#
+#   #   res = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri, {'foo' => '0', 'bar' => '1'})
+#
+# This class (and therefore its subclasses) also includes (indirectly)
+# module Net::HTTPHeader, which gives access to its
+# {methods for setting headers}[rdoc-ref:Net::HTTPHeader@Setters].
+#
+# == Request Subclasses
 #
 # Subclasses for HTTP requests:
 #