nice_http 0.9.1 → 0.9.2

data/lib/nice_http.rb

@@ -1,1083 +1,1090 @@
-require 'logger'
-require 'nice_hash'
-require 'nice_http_utils'
-
-class NiceHttp
-  class << self
-    attr_accessor :host, :port, :ssl, :headers, :debug, :log, :proxy_host, :proxy_port, 
-                  :last_request, :last_response, :request_id, :use_mocks, :connections,
-                  :active, :auto_redirect
-  end
-  @host = nil
-  @port = 80
-  @ssl = false
-  @headers  = {}
-  @debug = false
-  @log = :fix_file
-  @proxy_host = nil
-  @proxy_port = nil
-  @last_request=nil
-  @last_response=nil
-  @request_id=""
-  @use_mocks = false
-  @connections = []
-  @active=0
-  @auto_redirect = true
-  
-  attr_reader :host, :port, :ssl, :debug, :log, :proxy_host, :proxy_port, :response, :num_redirects
-  attr_accessor :headers, :cookies, :use_mocks, :auto_redirect, :logger
-
-  def self.defaults=(par = {})
-    @host = par[:host] if par.key?(:host)
-    @port = par[:port] if par.key?(:port)
-    @ssl = par[:ssl] if par.key?(:ssl)
-    @headers = par[:headers] if par.key?(:headers)
-    @debug = par[:debug] if par.key?(:debug)
-    @log = par[:log] if par.key?(:log)
-    @proxy_host = par[:proxy_host] if par.key?(:proxy_host)
-    @proxy_port = par[:proxy_port] if par.key?(:proxy_port)
-    @proxy_port = par[:use_mocks] if par.key?(:use_mocks)
-    @auto_redirect = par[:auto_redirect] if par.key?(:auto_redirect)
-  end
-
-  ######################################################
-  #  input:
-  #    no parameters:
-  #         By default will access how is setup on defaults
-  #    one parameter:
-  #         String
-  #             "https://www.example.com"
-  #             "example.com:8999"
-  #             "localhost:8322"
-  #         Hash containing these possible keys
-  #             host -- example.com. (default blank screen)
-  #             port -- port for the connection. 80 (default)
-  #             ssl -- true, false (default)
-  #             headers -- hash with the header key:values
-  #             debug -- true, false (default)
-  #             log -- :no, :screen, :file, :fix_file (default).
-  #                 A string with a path can be supplied.
-  #                 If :fix_file: nice_http.log
-  #                 In case :file it will be generated a log file with name: nice_http_YY-mm-dd-HHMMSS.log
-  #             proxy_host
-  #             proxy_port
-  ######################################################
-  def initialize(args = {})
-    require 'net/http'
-    require 'net/https'
-    @host = NiceHttp.host
-    @port = NiceHttp.port
-    @ssl = NiceHttp.ssl
-    @headers = NiceHttp.headers
-    @debug = NiceHttp.debug
-    @log = NiceHttp.log
-    @proxy_host = NiceHttp.proxy_host
-    @proxy_port = NiceHttp.proxy_port
-    @use_mocks = NiceHttp.use_mocks
-    @auto_redirect=false #set it up at the end of initialize
-    auto_redirect = NiceHttp.auto_redirect
-    @num_redirects=0
-
-    #todo: set only the cookies for the current domain
-    #key: path, value: hash with key is the name of the cookie and value the value
-    # we set the default value for non existing keys to empty Hash {} so in case of merge there is no problem
-    @cookies=Hash.new {|h, k| h[k] = {}} 
-    
-    begin
-      if args.is_a?(String)
-        uri = URI.parse(args)
-        @host = uri.host unless uri.host.nil?
-        @port = uri.port unless uri.port.nil?
-        @ssl = true if !uri.scheme.nil? && (uri.scheme == 'https')
-      elsif args.is_a?(Hash) && !args.keys.empty?
-        @host = args[:host] if args.keys.include?(:host)
-        @port = args[:port] if args.keys.include?(:port)
-        @ssl = args[:ssl] if args.keys.include?(:ssl)
-        @headers = args[:headers] if args.keys.include?(:headers)
-        @debug = args[:debug] if args.keys.include?(:debug)
-        @log = args[:log] if args.keys.include?(:log)
-        @proxy_host = args[:proxy_host] if args.keys.include?(:proxy_host)
-        @proxy_port = args[:proxy_port] if args.keys.include?(:proxy_port)
-        @use_mocks = args[:use_mocks] if args.keys.include?(:use_mocks)
-        @auto_redirect = args[:auto_redirect] if args.keys.include?(:auto_redirect)
-      end
-
-      if !@proxy_host.nil? && !@proxy_port.nil?
-        @http = Net::HTTP::Proxy(@proxy_host, @proxy_port).new(@host, @port)
-        @http.use_ssl = @ssl
-        @http.set_debug_output $stderr if @debug
-        @http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
-        @http.start
-      else
-        @http = Net::HTTP.new(@host, @port)
-        @http.use_ssl = @ssl
-        @http.set_debug_output $stderr if @debug
-        @http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
-        @http.start
-      end
-
-      if @log.kind_of?(String)
-        @logger = Logger.new File.new(@log, "w")
-      elsif @log==:fix_file
-        @logger = Logger.new File.new("nice_http.log", "w")
-      elsif @log==:file
-        @logger = Logger.new File.new("nice_http_#{Time.now.strftime('%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S')}.log", 'w')
-      elsif @log==:screen
-        @logger = Logger.new STDOUT
-      elsif @log==:no
-        @logger = Logger.new nil
-      end
-      @logger.level = Logger::INFO
-      
-      @message_server="(#{self.object_id}):"
-  
-        log_message="(#{self.object_id}): Http connection created. host:#{@host},  port:#{@port},  ssl:#{@ssl}, mode:#{@mode}, proxy_host: #{@proxy_host.to_s()}, proxy_port: #{@proxy_port.to_s()} "
-
-        @logger.info(log_message)
-        @message_server+=" Http connection: "
-        if @ssl then
-          @message_server+="https://"
-        else
-          @message_server+="http://"
-        end
-        @message_server+="#{@host}:#{@port}"
-        if @proxy_host.to_s!="" then
-          @message_server+=" proxy:#{@proxy_host}:#{@proxy_port}"
-        end
-        @auto_redirect = auto_redirect
-    rescue Exception => stack
-      if @logger.nil?
-        puts stack
-      else
-        @logger.fatal stack
-      end
-    end
-
-    NiceHttp.active+=1
-    NiceHttp.connections.push(self)
-
-  end
-
-      ######################################################
-      # Get data from path
-      #  input:
-      #     1 argument
-      #       Hash containing at least key :path
-      #     1 argument
-      #       path (string)
-      #  output:
-      #    response -> Hash including at least the symbol keys:
-      #       :data = the response data body
-      #       :message = plain text response
-      #       :code = code response (200=ok,500=wrong...)
-      #     *All keys in response are lowercase
-      #     data, message and code can also be accessed as attributes like .message .code .data, for example:
-      #         resp=@http.get(Requests::Customer.get_profile)
-      #         assert resp.code==200
-      ######################################################
-      def get(arg)
-        begin
-          path, data, headers_t=manage_request(arg)
-          @start_time = Time.now if @start_time.nil?
-          if @use_mocks and arg.kind_of?(Hash) and arg.keys.include?(:mock_response) then
-            data=""
-            if arg[:mock_response].keys.include?(:data) then
-              data=arg[:mock_response][:data]
-              if data.kind_of?(Hash) #to json
-                begin
-                  require 'json'
-                  data=data.to_json
-                rescue
-                  @logger.fatal "There was a problem converting to json: #{data}"
-                end
-              end
-            end
-            @logger.warn "Pay attention!!! This is a mock response:"
-            @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
-            manage_response(arg[:mock_response], data.to_s)
-            return @response
-          end
-          begin
-            if path.include?("http:") or path.include?("https:") then #server included on path problably because of a redirection to a different server
-              require 'uri'
-              uri = URI.parse(path)
-              ssl=false
-              ssl=true if path.include?("https:")
-  
-  
-              server="http://"
-              server="https://" if path.include?("https:")
-              if uri.port!=443 then
-                server+="#{uri.host}:#{uri.port}"
-              else
-                server+="#{uri.host}"
-              end
-  
-              http_redir=nil
-              NiceHttp.connections.each {|conn|
-                if conn.host == uri.host and conn.port==uri.port then
-                  http_redir=conn
-                  break
-                end
-              }
-  
-              if !http_redir.nil?
-                path, data, headers_t=manage_request(arg)
-                http_redir.cookies.merge!(@cookies)
-                http_redir.headers.merge!(headers_t)
-                resp=http_redir.get(path.gsub(server, "")) #todo: remove only the server at the begining in case in query is the server it will be replaced when it should not be
-                @response=http_redir.response
-              else
-                @logger.warn "It seems like the http connection cannot redirect to #{server} because there is no active connection for that server. You need to create previously one."
-              end
-  
-            else
-              @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
-              resp=@http.get(path, headers_t)
-              data=resp.body
-              manage_response(resp, data)
-            end
-          rescue Exception => stack
-            @logger.warn stack
-            @logger.warn "The connection seems to be closed in the host machine. Trying to reconnect"
-            @http.finish()
-            @http.start()
-            @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
-            resp=@http.get(path)
-            data=resp.body
-            manage_response(resp, data)
-          end
-          if @auto_redirect and @response[:code].to_i>=300 and @response[:code].to_i<400 and @response.include?(:location) then
-            if @num_redirects<=30 then
-              @num_redirects+=1
-              current_server="http"
-              current_server+="s" if @ssl==true
-              current_server+="://#{@host}"
-              location=@response[:location].gsub(current_server, "")
-              @logger.info "(#{@num_redirects}) Redirecting NiceHttp to #{location}"
-              get(location)
-            else
-              @logger.fatal "(#{@num_redirects}) Maximum number of redirections for a single request reached. Be sure everything is correct, it seems there is a non ending loop"
-              @num_redirects=0
-            end
-          else
-            @num_redirects=0
-          end
-          return @response
-        rescue Exception => stack
-          @logger.fatal stack
-          return :error
-        end
-      end
-
-      ######################################################
-      # Post data to path
-      #  input:
-      #     1 argument
-      #       Hash containing at least keys :data, :path
-      #     3 arguments
-      #       path (string)
-      #       data (json data for example)
-      #       additional_headers (Hash key=>value)
-      #  output:
-      #    response -> Hash including at least the symbol keys:
-      #       :data = the response data body
-      #       :message = plain text response
-      #       :code = code response (200=ok,500=wrong...)
-      #     *All keys in response are lowercase
-      #     data, message and code can also be accessed as attributes like .message .code .data, for example:
-      #         resp=@http.post(Requests::Customer.update_customer)
-      #         assert resp.code==201
-      ######################################################
-      def post(*arguments)
-        begin
-          path, data, headers_t=manage_request(*arguments)
-          @start_time = Time.now if @start_time.nil?
-          if arguments.size>0 and arguments[0].kind_of?(Hash) then
-            arg=arguments[0]
-            if @use_mocks and arg.kind_of?(Hash) and arg.keys.include?(:mock_response) then
-              data=""
-              if arg[:mock_response].keys.include?(:data) then
-                data=arg[:mock_response][:data]
-                if data.kind_of?(Hash) #to json
-                  begin
-                    require 'json'
-                    data=data.to_json
-                  rescue
-                    @logger.fatal "There was a problem converting to json: #{data}"
-                  end
-                end
-              end
-              @logger.warn "Pay attention!!! This is a mock response:"
-              @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
-              manage_response(arg[:mock_response], data.to_s)
-              return @response
-            end
-          end
-  
-          begin
-            @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
-            if headers_t["Content-Type"] == "multipart/form-data" then
-              require 'net/http/post/multipart'
-              headers_t.each {|key, value|
-                arguments[0][:data].add_field(key, value) #add to Headers
-              }
-              resp=@http.request(arguments[0][:data])
-            else
-              resp=@http.post(path, data, headers_t)
-              data=resp.body
-            end
-          rescue Exception => stack
-            @logger.warn stack
-            @logger.warn "The connection seems to be closed in the host machine. Trying to reconnect"
-            @http.finish()
-            @http.start()
-            @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
-            resp, data=@http.post(path, data, headers_t)
-          end
-          manage_response(resp, data)
-          if @auto_redirect and @response[:code].to_i>=300 and @response[:code].to_i<400 and @response.include?(:location) then
-            if @num_redirects<=30 then
-              @num_redirects+=1
-              current_server="http"
-              current_server+="s" if @ssl==true
-              current_server+="://#{@host}"
-              location=@response[:location].gsub(current_server, "")
-              @logger.info "(#{@num_redirects}) Redirecting NiceHttp to #{location}"
-              get(location)
-            else
-              @logger.fatal "(#{@num_redirects}) Maximum number of redirections for a single request reached. Be sure everything is correct, it seems there is a non ending loop"
-              @num_redirects=0
-            end
-          else
-            @num_redirects=0
-          end
-          return @response
-        rescue Exception => stack
-          @logger.warn stack
-          return :error
-        end
-  
-      end
-
-
-      ######################################################
-      # Put data to path
-      #  input:
-      #     1 argument
-      #       Hash containing at least keys :data, :path
-      #     3 arguments
-      #       path (string)
-      #       data (json data for example)
-      #       additional_headers (Hash key=>value)
-      #  output:
-      #    response -> Hash including at least the symbol keys:
-      #       :data = the response data body
-      #       :message = plain text response
-      #       :code = code response (200=ok,500=wrong...)
-      #     *All keys in response are lowercase
-      #     data, message and code can also be accessed as attributes like .message .code .data, for example:
-      #         resp=@http.put(Requests::Customer.remove_phone)
-      #         assert resp.code==200
-      ######################################################
-      def put(*arguments)
-        begin
-          path, data, headers_t=manage_request(*arguments)
-          @start_time = Time.now if @start_time.nil?
-          if arguments.size>0 and arguments[0].kind_of?(Hash) then
-            arg=arguments[0]
-            if @use_mocks and arg.kind_of?(Hash) and arg.keys.include?(:mock_response) then
-              data=""
-              if arg[:mock_response].keys.include?(:data) then
-                data=arg[:mock_response][:data]
-                if data.kind_of?(Hash) #to json
-                  begin
-                    require 'json'
-                    data=data.to_json
-                  rescue
-                    @logger.fatal "There was a problem converting to json: #{data}"
-                  end
-                end
-              end
-              @logger.warn "Pay attention!!! This is a mock response:"
-              @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
-              manage_response(arg[:mock_response], data.to_s)
-              return @response
-            end
-          end
-  
-          begin
-            @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
-            resp=@http.send_request("PUT", path, data, headers_t)
-            data=resp.body
-          rescue Exception => stack
-            @logger.warn stack
-            @logger.warn "The connection seems to be closed in the host machine. Trying to reconnect"
-            @http.finish()
-            @http.start()
-            @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
-            resp, data=@http.send_request("PUT", path, data, headers_t)
-          end
-          manage_response(resp, data)
-  
-          return @response
-        rescue Exception => stack
-          @logger.fatal stack, self
-          return :error
-        end
-  
-      end
-
-  
-      ######################################################
-      # Patch data to path
-      #  input:
-      #     1 argument
-      #       Hash containing at least keys :data, :path
-      #     3 arguments
-      #       path (string)
-      #       data (json data for example)
-      #       additional_headers (Hash key=>value)
-      #  output:
-      #    response -> Hash including at least the symbol keys:
-      #       :data = the response data body
-      #       :message = plain text response
-      #       :code = code response (200=ok,500=wrong...)
-      #     *All keys in response are lowercase
-      #     data, message and code can also be accessed as attributes like .message .code .data, for example:
-      #         resp=@http.patch(Requests::Customer.unrelease_account)
-      #         assert resp.code==200
-      ######################################################
-      def patch(*arguments)
-        begin
-          path, data, headers_t=manage_request(*arguments)
-          @start_time = Time.now if @start_time.nil?
-          if arguments.size>0 and arguments[0].kind_of?(Hash) then
-            arg=arguments[0]
-            if @use_mocks and arg.kind_of?(Hash) and arg.keys.include?(:mock_response) then
-              data=""
-              if arg[:mock_response].keys.include?(:data) then
-                data=arg[:mock_response][:data]
-                if data.kind_of?(Hash) #to json
-                  begin
-                    require 'json'
-                    data=data.to_json
-                  rescue
-                    @logger.fatal "There was a problem converting to json: #{data}"
-                  end
-                end
-              end
-              @logger.warn "Pay attention!!! This is a mock response:"
-              @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
-              manage_response(arg[:mock_response], data.to_s)
-              return @response
-            end
-          end
-  
-          begin
-            @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
-            resp=@http.patch(path, data, headers_t)
-            data=resp.body
-          rescue Exception => stack
-            @logger.warn stack
-            @logger.warn "The connection seems to be closed in the host machine. Trying to reconnect"
-            @http.finish()
-            @http.start()
-            @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
-            resp, data=@http.patch(path, data, headers_t)
-          end
-          manage_response(resp, data)
-          if @auto_redirect and @response[:code].to_i>=300 and @response[:code].to_i<400 and @response.include?(:location) then
-            if @num_redirects<=30 then
-              @num_redirects+=1
-              current_server="http"
-              current_server+="s" if @ssl==true
-              current_server+="://#{@host}"
-              location=@response[:location].gsub(current_server, "")
-              @logger.info "(#{@num_redirects}) Redirecting NiceHttp to #{location}"
-              get(location)
-            else
-              @logger.fatal "(#{@num_redirects}) Maximum number of redirections for a single request reached. Be sure everything is correct, it seems there is a non ending loop"
-              @num_redirects=0
-            end
-          else
-            @num_redirects=0
-          end
-          return @response
-        rescue Exception => stack
-          @logger.fatal stack
-          return :error
-        end
-  
-      end
-
-
-      ######################################################
-      # Delete an existing resource
-      #  input:
-      #     1 argument
-      #       Hash containing at least key :path
-      #     1 argument
-      #       String giving the path
-      #  output:
-      #    response -> Hash including at least the symbol keys:
-      #       :data = the response data body
-      #       :message = plain text response
-      #       :code = code response (200=ok,500=wrong...)
-      #     *All keys in response are lowercase
-      #     data, message and code can also be accessed as attributes like .message .code .data, for example:
-      #         resp=@http.delete(Requests::Customer.remove_session)
-      #         assert resp.code==204
-      ######################################################
-      def delete(argument)
-        begin
-          if argument.kind_of?(String) then
-            argument={:path => argument}
-          end
-          path, data, headers_t=manage_request(argument)
-          @start_time = Time.now if @start_time.nil?
-          if argument.kind_of?(Hash) then
-            arg=argument
-            if @use_mocks and arg.kind_of?(Hash) and arg.keys.include?(:mock_response) then
-              data=""
-              if arg[:mock_response].keys.include?(:data) then
-                data=arg[:mock_response][:data]
-                if data.kind_of?(Hash) #to json
-                  begin
-                    require 'json'
-                    data=data.to_json
-                  rescue
-                    @logger.fatal "There was a problem converting to json: #{data}"
-                  end
-                end
-              end
-              @logger.warn "Pay attention!!! This is a mock response:"
-              @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
-              manage_response(arg[:mock_response], data.to_s)
-              return @response
-            end
-          end
-  
-          begin
-            @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
-            resp=@http.delete(path, headers_t)
-            data=resp.body
-          rescue Exception => stack
-            @logger.warn stack
-            @logger.warn "The connection seems to be closed in the host machine. Trying to reconnect"
-            @http.finish()
-            @http.start()
-            @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
-            resp, data=@http.delete(path)
-          end
-          manage_response(resp, data)
-  
-          return @response
-        rescue Exception => stack
-          @logger.fatal stack
-          return :error
-        end
-  
-      end
-
-      ######################################################
-      # Implementation of the http HEAD method.
-      # Asks for the response identical to the one that would correspond to a GET request, but without the response body. 
-      # This is useful for retrieving meta-information written in response headers, without having to transport the entire content.
-      #  input:
-      #     1 argument
-      #       Hash containing at least key :path
-      #     1 argument
-      #       String giving the path
-      #  output:
-      #    response -> Hash including the symbol keys:
-      #       :message = plain text response
-      #       :code = code response (200=ok,500=wrong...)
-      #     *All keys in response are lowercase
-      ######################################################
-      def head(argument)
-        begin
-          if argument.kind_of?(String) then
-            argument={:path => argument}
-          end
-          path, data, headers_t=manage_request(argument)
-          @start_time = Time.now if @start_time.nil?
-          if argument.kind_of?(Hash) then
-            arg=argument
-            if @use_mocks and arg.kind_of?(Hash) and arg.keys.include?(:mock_response) then
-              data=""
-              if arg[:mock_response].keys.include?(:data) then
-                data=arg[:mock_response][:data]
-                if data.kind_of?(Hash) #to json
-                  begin
-                    require 'json'
-                    data=data.to_json
-                  rescue
-                    @logger.fatal "There was a problem converting to json: #{data}"
-                  end
-                end
-              end
-              @logger.warn "Pay attention!!! This is a mock response:"
-              @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
-              manage_response(arg[:mock_response], data.to_s)
-              return @response
-            end
-          end
-  
-          begin
-            @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
-            resp=@http.head(path, headers_t)
-            data=resp.body
-          rescue Exception => stack
-            @logger.warn stack
-            @logger.warn "The connection seems to be closed in the host machine. Trying to reconnect"
-            @http.finish()
-            @http.start()
-            @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
-            resp, data=@http.head(path)
-          end
-          manage_response(resp, data)
-          return @response
-        rescue Exception => stack
-          @logger.fatal stack
-          return :error
-        end
-      end
-
-
-      ######################################################
-      # Close HTTP connection
-      ######################################################
-      def close
-        begin
-          pos=0
-          found=false
-          NiceHttp.connections.each {|conn|
-            if conn.object_id == self.object_id then
-              found=true
-              break
-            end
-            pos+=1
-          }
-          if found
-            NiceHttp.connections.delete_at(pos)
-          end
-  
-          unless @closed
-            if !@http.nil? then
-              @http.finish()
-              @http=nil
-                @logger.info "the HTTP connection was closed: #{@message_server}"
-            else
-              @http=nil
-              @logger.fatal "It was not possible to close the HTTP connection: #{@message_server}"
-            end
-            @closed=true
-          else
-            @logger.warn "It was not possible to close the HTTP connection, already closed: #{@message_server}"
-          end
-        rescue Exception => stack
-          @logger.fatal stack
-        end
-        NiceHttp.active-=1
-      end
-
-
-      ######################################################
-      # private method to manage Request
-      #   input:
-      #     3 args: path, data, headers
-      #     1 arg:  Hash containg at least keys :path and :data
-      #   output:
-      #     path, data, headers
-      ######################################################
-      def manage_request(*arguments)
-        require 'json'
-        begin
-          content_type_included=false
-          path=""
-          data=""
-  
-          @response=Hash.new()
-          headers_t=@headers.dup()
-          cookies_to_set_str=""
-          if arguments.size==3 then
-            path=arguments[0]
-          elsif arguments.size==1 and arguments[0].kind_of?(Hash) then
-            path=arguments[0][:path]
-          elsif arguments.size==1 and arguments[0].kind_of?(String) then
-            path=arguments[0].to_s()
-          end
-          @cookies.each {|cookie_path, cookies_hash|
-            cookie_path="" if cookie_path=="/"
-            path_to_check=path
-            if path=="/" or path[-1]!="/" then
-              path_to_check+="/"
-            end
-            if path_to_check.scan(/^#{cookie_path}\//).size>0 then
-              cookies_hash.each {|key, value|
-                cookies_to_set_str+="#{key}=#{value}; "
-              }
-            end
-          }
-          headers_t["Cookie"]=cookies_to_set_str
-  
-          method_s=caller[0].to_s().scan(/:in `(.*)'/).join
-  
-          if arguments.size==3 then
-            data=arguments[1]
-            if arguments[2].kind_of?(Hash) then
-              headers_t.merge!(arguments[2])
-            end
-          elsif arguments.size==1 and arguments[0].kind_of?(Hash) then
-            if arguments[0][:data].nil? then
-              if arguments[0].keys.include?(:data) then
-                data=""
-              elsif arguments[0].keys.include?(:data_examples) and 
-                arguments[0][:data_examples].kind_of?(Array) then
-                data=arguments[0][:data_examples][0] #the first example by default
-              else
-                data=""
-              end
-  
-            else
-              data=arguments[0][:data]
-            end
-            if arguments[0].include?(:headers) then
-              headers_t.merge!(arguments[0][:headers])
-            end
-  
-            if headers_t["Content-Type"].to_s()=="" and headers_t["content-type"].to_s()=="" and 
-              headers_t[:"content-type"].to_s()=="" and headers_t[:"Content-Type"].to_s()=="" then
-              content_type_included=false
-            elsif headers_t["content-type"].to_s()!="" then
-              content_type_included=true
-              headers_t["Content-Type"]=headers_t["content-type"]
-            elsif headers_t[:"content-type"].to_s()!="" then
-              content_type_included=true
-              headers_t["Content-Type"]=headers_t[:"content-type"]
-              headers_t.delete(:"content-type")
-            elsif headers_t[:"Content-Type"].to_s()!="" then
-              content_type_included=true
-              headers_t["Content-Type"]=headers_t[:"Content-Type"]
-              headers_t.delete(:"Content-Type")
-            elsif headers_t["Content-Type"].to_s()!="" then
-              content_type_included=true
-            end
-
-            if !content_type_included and data.kind_of?(Hash)
-              headers_t['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
-              content_type_included=true
-            end
-            
-            if content_type_included and (!headers_t["Content-Type"][/text\/xml/].nil? or 
-              !headers_t["Content-Type"]["application/soap+xml"].nil? or 
-              !headers_t["Content-Type"][/application\/jxml/].nil?) then
-              if arguments[0].include?(:values) then
-                arguments[0][:values].each {|key, value|
-                  data=NiceHttpUtils.set_value_xml_tag(key.to_s(), data, value.to_s(), true)
-                }
-              end
-            elsif content_type_included and !headers_t["Content-Type"][/application\/json/].nil? and data.to_s()!="" then
-              require 'json'
-              if data.kind_of?(String) then
-                if arguments[0].include?(:values) then
-                  arguments[0][:values].each {|key, value|
-                    data.gsub!(/(( *|^)"?#{key.to_s()}"? *: *")(.*)(" *, *$)/, '\1' + value+ '\4') # "key":"value", or key:"value",
-                    data.gsub!(/(( *|^)"?#{key.to_s()}"? *: *")(.*)(" *$)/, '\1' + value+ '\4') # "key":"value" or key:"value"
-                    data.gsub!(/(( *|^)"?#{key.to_s()}"? *: *[^"])([^"].*)([^"] *, *$)/, '\1' + value+ '\4') # "key":456, or key:456,
-                    data.gsub!(/(( *|^)"?#{key.to_s()}"? *: *[^"])([^"].*)([^"] * *$)/, '\1' + value+ '\4') # "key":456 or key:456
-                  }
-                end
-              elsif data.kind_of?(Hash) then
-                data_n=Hash.new()
-                data.each {|key, value|
-                  data_n[key.to_s()]=value
-                }
-                if arguments[0].include?(:values) then
-                  #req[:values][:loginName] or req[:values]["loginName"]
-                  new_values_hash=Hash.new()
-                  arguments[0][:values].each {|kv, vv|
-                    if data_n.keys.include?(kv.to_s()) then
-                      new_values_hash[kv.to_s()]=vv
-                    end
-                  }
-                  data_n.merge!(new_values_hash)
-                end
-                data=data_n.to_json()
-              elsif data.kind_of?(Array) then
-                data_arr=Array.new()
-                data.each_with_index {|row, indx|
-                  unless row.kind_of?(Hash) then
-                    @logger.fatal("Wrong format on request application/json, be sure is a Hash, Array of Hashes or JSON string")
-                    return :error, :error, :error
-                  end
-                  data_n=Hash.new()
-                  row.each {|key, value|
-                    data_n[key.to_s()]=value
-                  }
-                  if arguments[0].include?(:values) then
-                    #req[:values][:loginName] or req[:values]["loginName"]
-                    new_values_hash=Hash.new()
-                    if arguments[0][:values].kind_of?(Hash) then #values[:mykey][3]
-                      arguments[0][:values].each {|kv, vv|
-                        if data_n.keys.include?(kv.to_s()) and !vv[indx].nil? then
-                          new_values_hash[kv.to_s()]=vv[indx]
-                        end
-                      }
-                    elsif arguments[0][:values].kind_of?(Array) then #values[5][:mykey]
-                      if !arguments[0][:values][indx].nil? then
-                        arguments[0][:values][indx].each {|kv, vv|
-                          if data_n.keys.include?(kv.to_s()) then
-                            new_values_hash[kv.to_s()]=vv
-                          end
-                        }
-                      end
-                    else
-                      @logger.fatal("Wrong format on request application/json when supplying values, the data is an array of Hashes but the values supplied are not")
-                      return :error, :error, :error
-                    end
-                    data_n.merge!(new_values_hash)
-                  end
-                  data_arr.push(data_n)
-                }
-                data=data_arr.to_json()
-              else
-                @logger.fatal("Wrong format on request application/json, be sure is a Hash, Array of Hashes or JSON string")
-                return :error, :error, :error
-              end
-            elsif content_type_included and arguments[0].include?(:values) then
-              if arguments[0][:values].kind_of?(Hash) and arguments[0][:values].keys.size>0 then
-                if !headers_t.nil? and headers_t.kind_of?(Hash) and headers_t["Content-Type"]!="application/x-www-form-urlencoded" and headers_t["content-type"]!="application/x-www-form-urlencoded" then
-                  @logger.warn(":values key given without a valid content-type or data for request. No values modified on the request")
-                end
-              end
-            end
-          elsif arguments.size==1 and arguments[0].kind_of?(String) then
-            #path=arguments[0].to_s()
-            data=""
-          else
-            @logger.fatal("Invalid number of arguments or wrong arguments in #{method_s}")
-            return :error, :error, :error
-          end
-          if headers_t.keys.include?("Content-Type") and !headers_t["Content-Type"]["multipart/form-data"].nil? and headers_t["Content-Type"]!=["multipart/form-data"] then #only for the case raw multipart request
-            encoding="UTF-8"
-            data_s=""
-          else
-            encoding=data.to_s().scan(/encoding='(.*)'/i).join
-            if encoding.to_s()=="" then
-              encoding=data.to_s().scan(/charset='(.*)'/i).join
-            end
-            if encoding.to_s()=="" and headers_t.include?("Content-Type") then
-              encoding=headers_t["Content-Type"].scan(/charset='?(.*)'?/i).join
-              if encoding.to_s()=="" then
-                encoding=headers_t["Content-Type"].scan(/encoding='?(.*)'?/i).join
-              end
-            end
-  
-            begin
-              data_s=JSON.pretty_generate(JSON.parse(data))
-            rescue
-              data_s=data
-            end
-            data_s=data_s.to_s().gsub("<", "&lt;")
-          end
-          if headers_t.keys.include?("Accept-Encoding")
-            headers_t["Accept-Encoding"].gsub!("gzip","")#removed so the response is in plain text
-          end
-  
-          headers_ts=""
-          headers_t.each {|key, val| headers_ts+=key.to_s + ":" + val.to_s() + ", "}
-          message="#{method_s} REQUEST: \npath= " + path.to_s() + "\n"
-          message+="headers= " + headers_ts.to_s() + "\n"
-          message+="data= " + data_s.to_s() + "\n"
-          message=@message_server+"\n"+message
-          if path.to_s().scan(/^https?:\/\//).size>0 and path.to_s().scan(/^https?:\/\/#{@host}/).size==0 then
-            # the path is for another server than the current
-          else
-            NiceHttp.last_request=message
-            @logger.info(message)
-          end
-  
-          if data.to_s()!="" and encoding.to_s().upcase!="UTF-8" and encoding!="" then
-            data=data.to_s().encode(encoding, "UTF-8")
-          end
-          return path, data, headers_t
-        rescue Exception => stack
-          @logger.fatal(stack)
-          @logger.fatal("manage_request Error on method #{method_s} . path:#{path.to_s()}. data:#{data.to_s()}. headers:#{headers_t.to_s()}")
-          return :error
-        end
-      end
-
-      ######################################################
-      # private method to manage Response
-      #   input:
-      #     resp
-      #     data
-      #   output:
-      #     @response updated
-      ######################################################
-      def manage_response(resp, data)
-        require 'json'
-        begin
-          if @start_time.kind_of?(Time)
-            @response[:time_elapsed_total]=Time.now-@start_time
-            @start_time = nil
-          else
-            @response[:time_elapsed_total]=nil
-          end
-          if @start_time_net.kind_of?(Time)
-            @response[:time_elapsed]=Time.now-@start_time_net
-            @start_time_net = nil
-          else
-            @response[:time_elapsed]=nil
-          end
-          begin
-            # this is to be able to access all keys as symbols
-            new_resp=Hash.new()
-            resp.each {|key, value|
-              if key.kind_of?(String) then
-                new_resp[key.to_sym]=value
-              end
-            }
-            new_resp.each {|key, value|
-              resp[key]=value
-            }
-          rescue
-          end
-          #for mock_responses to be able to add outside of the header like content-type for example
-          if resp.kind_of?(Hash) and !resp.has_key?(:header) then
-            resp[:header]={}
-          end
-          if resp.kind_of?(Hash)
-            resp.each {|k, v|
-              if k!=:code and k!=:message and k!=:data and k!=:'set-cookie' and k!=:header
-                resp[:header][k]=v
-              end
-            }
-            resp[:header].each {|k, v|
-              resp.delete(k) if resp.has_key?(k)
-            }
-          end
-  
-          method_s=caller[0].to_s().scan(/:in `(.*)'/).join
-          if resp.header.kind_of?(Hash) and (resp.header["content-type"].to_s()=="application/x-deflate" or resp.header[:"content-type"].to_s()=="application/x-deflate") then
-            data=Zlib::Inflate.inflate(data)
-          end
-          encoding_response=""
-          if resp.header.kind_of?(Hash) and (resp.header["content-type"].to_s()!="" or resp.header[:"content-type"].to_s()!="") then
-            encoding_response=resp.header["content-type"].scan(/;charset=(.*)/i).join if resp.header.has_key?("content-type")
-            encoding_response=resp.header[:"content-type"].scan(/;charset=(.*)/i).join if resp.header.has_key?(:"content-type")
-          end
-          if encoding_response.to_s()=="" then
-            encoding_response="UTF-8"
-          end
-  
-          if encoding_response.to_s()!="" and encoding_response.to_s().upcase!="UTF-8" then
-            data.encode!("UTF-8", encoding_response.to_s())
-          end
-          if encoding_response!="" and encoding_response.to_s().upcase!="UTF-8" then
-            @response[:message]=resp.message.to_s().encode("UTF-8", encoding_response.to_s())
-            #todo: response data in here for example is convert into string, verify if that is correct or needs to maintain the original data type (hash, array...)
-            resp.each {|key, val| @response[key]=val.to_s().encode("UTF-8", encoding_response.to_s())}
-          else
-            @response[:message]=resp.message
-            resp.each {|key, val| @response[key]=val}
-          end
-          if !defined?(Net::HTTP::Post::Multipart) or (defined?(Net::HTTP::Post::Multipart) and !data.kind_of?(Net::HTTP::Post::Multipart))
-            @response[:data]=data
-          else
-            @response[:data]=""
-          end
-  
-          @response[:code]=resp.code
-  
-          unless @response.nil? then
-            message="\nRESPONSE: \n" + @response[:code].to_s()+ ":" + @response[:message].to_s()
-            if @debug then
-              NiceHttp.last_response=message
-              @response.each {|key, value|
-                if value.to_s()!="" then
-                  value_orig=value
-                  if key.kind_of?(Symbol) then
-                    if key==:code or key==:data or key==:header or key==:message then
-                      if key==:data then
-                        begin
-                          JSON.parse(value_orig)
-                          data_s=JSON.pretty_generate(JSON.parse(value_orig))
-                        rescue
-                          data_s=value_orig
-                        end
-                        NiceHttp.last_response+="\nresponse." + key.to_s() + " = '" + data_s.gsub("<", "&lt;") + "'\n"
-                        if value_orig != value then
-                          message+="\nresponse." + key.to_s() + " = '" + value.gsub("<", "&lt;") + "'\n"
-                        else
-                          message+="\nresponse." + key.to_s() + " = '" + data_s.gsub("<", "&lt;") + "'\n"
-                        end
-                      else
-                        NiceHttp.last_response+="\nresponse." + key.to_s() + " = '" + value.to_s().gsub("<", "&lt;") + "'"
-                        message+="\nresponse." + key.to_s() + " = '" + value.to_s().gsub("<", "&lt;") + "'"
-                      end
-                    else
-                      NiceHttp.last_response+="\nresponse[:" + key.to_s() + "] = '" + value.to_s().gsub("<", "&lt;") + "'"
-                      message+="\nresponse[:" + key.to_s() + "] = '" + value.to_s().gsub("<", "&lt;") + "'"
-                    end
-                  elsif !@response.include?(key.to_sym)
-                    NiceHttp.last_response+="\nresponse['" + key.to_s() + "'] = '" + value.to_s().gsub("<", "&lt;") + "'"
-                    message+="\nresponse['" + key.to_s() + "'] = '" + value.to_s().gsub("<", "&lt;") + "'"
-                  end
-                end
-              }
-  
-            end
-            @logger.info message
-            if @response.kind_of?(Hash) then
-              if @response.keys.include?(:requestid) then
-                @headers["requestId"]=@response[:requestid]
-                NiceHttp.request_id=@response[:requestid]
-                @logger.info "requestId was found on the response header and it has been added to the headers for the next request"
-              end
-            end
-          end
-  
-          if resp[:'set-cookie'].to_s()!="" then
-            if resp.kind_of?(Hash) then #mock_response
-              cookies_to_set=resp[:'set-cookie'].to_s().split(", ")
-            else #Net::Http
-              cookies_to_set=resp.get_fields('set-cookie')
-            end
-            cookies_to_set.each {|cookie|
-              cookie_pair=cookie.split('; ')[0].split("=")
-              cookie_path=cookie.scan(/; path=([^;]+)/i).join
-              @cookies[cookie_path]=Hash.new() unless @cookies.keys.include?(cookie_path)
-              @cookies[cookie_path][cookie_pair[0]]=cookie_pair[1]
-            }
-  
-              @logger.info "set-cookie added to Cookie header as required"
-  
-              if @headers.has_key?("X-CSRFToken") then
-                csrftoken=resp[:"set-cookie"].to_s().scan(/csrftoken=([\da-z]+);/).join
-                if csrftoken.to_s()!="" then
-                  @headers["X-CSRFToken"]=csrftoken
-                  @logger.info "X-CSRFToken exists on headers and has been overwritten"
-                end
-              else
-                csrftoken=resp[:"set-cookie"].to_s().scan(/csrftoken=([\da-z]+);/).join
-                if csrftoken.to_s()!="" then
-                  @headers["X-CSRFToken"]=csrftoken
-                  @logger.info "X-CSRFToken added to header as required"
-                end
-  
-              end
-          end
-  
-        rescue Exception => stack
-          @logger.fatal stack
-          @logger.fatal "manage_response Error on method #{method_s} "
-        end
-      end
-      
-      private :manage_request, :manage_response
-end
-
+require 'logger'
+require 'nice_hash'
+require 'nice_http_utils'
+
+class NiceHttp
+  class << self
+    attr_accessor :host, :port, :ssl, :headers, :debug, :log, :proxy_host, :proxy_port, 
+                  :last_request, :last_response, :request_id, :use_mocks, :connections,
+                  :active, :auto_redirect
+  end
+  @host = nil
+  @port = 80
+  @ssl = false
+  @headers  = {}
+  @debug = false
+  @log = :fix_file
+  @proxy_host = nil
+  @proxy_port = nil
+  @last_request=nil
+  @last_response=nil
+  @request_id=""
+  @use_mocks = false
+  @connections = []
+  @active=0
+  @auto_redirect = true
+  
+  attr_reader :host, :port, :ssl, :debug, :log, :proxy_host, :proxy_port, :response, :num_redirects
+  attr_accessor :headers, :cookies, :use_mocks, :auto_redirect, :logger
+
+  def self.defaults=(par = {})
+    @host = par[:host] if par.key?(:host)
+    @port = par[:port] if par.key?(:port)
+    @ssl = par[:ssl] if par.key?(:ssl)
+    @headers = par[:headers] if par.key?(:headers)
+    @debug = par[:debug] if par.key?(:debug)
+    @log = par[:log] if par.key?(:log)
+    @proxy_host = par[:proxy_host] if par.key?(:proxy_host)
+    @proxy_port = par[:proxy_port] if par.key?(:proxy_port)
+    @proxy_port = par[:use_mocks] if par.key?(:use_mocks)
+    @auto_redirect = par[:auto_redirect] if par.key?(:auto_redirect)
+  end
+
+  ######################################################
+  #  input:
+  #    no parameters:
+  #         By default will access how is setup on defaults
+  #    one parameter:
+  #         String
+  #             "https://www.example.com"
+  #             "example.com:8999"
+  #             "localhost:8322"
+  #         Hash containing these possible keys
+  #             host -- example.com. (default blank screen)
+  #             port -- port for the connection. 80 (default)
+  #             ssl -- true, false (default)
+  #             headers -- hash with the header key:values
+  #             debug -- true, false (default)
+  #             log -- :no, :screen, :file, :fix_file (default).
+  #                 A string with a path can be supplied.
+  #                 If :fix_file: nice_http.log
+  #                 In case :file it will be generated a log file with name: nice_http_YY-mm-dd-HHMMSS.log
+  #             proxy_host
+  #             proxy_port
+  ######################################################
+  def initialize(args = {})
+    require 'net/http'
+    require 'net/https'
+    @host = NiceHttp.host
+    @port = NiceHttp.port
+    @ssl = NiceHttp.ssl
+    @headers = NiceHttp.headers
+    @debug = NiceHttp.debug
+    @log = NiceHttp.log
+    @proxy_host = NiceHttp.proxy_host
+    @proxy_port = NiceHttp.proxy_port
+    @use_mocks = NiceHttp.use_mocks
+    @auto_redirect=false #set it up at the end of initialize
+    auto_redirect = NiceHttp.auto_redirect
+    @num_redirects=0
+
+    #todo: set only the cookies for the current domain
+    #key: path, value: hash with key is the name of the cookie and value the value
+    # we set the default value for non existing keys to empty Hash {} so in case of merge there is no problem
+    @cookies=Hash.new {|h, k| h[k] = {}} 
+    
+    begin
+      if args.is_a?(String)
+        uri = URI.parse(args)
+        @host = uri.host unless uri.host.nil?
+        @port = uri.port unless uri.port.nil?
+        @ssl = true if !uri.scheme.nil? && (uri.scheme == 'https')
+      elsif args.is_a?(Hash) && !args.keys.empty?
+        @host = args[:host] if args.keys.include?(:host)
+        @port = args[:port] if args.keys.include?(:port)
+        @ssl = args[:ssl] if args.keys.include?(:ssl)
+        @headers = args[:headers] if args.keys.include?(:headers)
+        @debug = args[:debug] if args.keys.include?(:debug)
+        @log = args[:log] if args.keys.include?(:log)
+        @proxy_host = args[:proxy_host] if args.keys.include?(:proxy_host)
+        @proxy_port = args[:proxy_port] if args.keys.include?(:proxy_port)
+        @use_mocks = args[:use_mocks] if args.keys.include?(:use_mocks)
+        @auto_redirect = args[:auto_redirect] if args.keys.include?(:auto_redirect)
+      end
+
+      if @host.include?("http:") or @host.include?("https:")
+        uri = URI.parse(@host)
+        @host = uri.host unless uri.host.nil?
+        @port = uri.port unless uri.port.nil?
+        @ssl = true if !uri.scheme.nil? && (uri.scheme == 'https')
+      end
+
+      if !@proxy_host.nil? && !@proxy_port.nil?
+        @http = Net::HTTP::Proxy(@proxy_host, @proxy_port).new(@host, @port)
+        @http.use_ssl = @ssl
+        @http.set_debug_output $stderr if @debug
+        @http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
+        @http.start
+      else
+        @http = Net::HTTP.new(@host, @port)
+        @http.use_ssl = @ssl
+        @http.set_debug_output $stderr if @debug
+        @http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
+        @http.start
+      end
+
+      if @log.kind_of?(String)
+        @logger = Logger.new File.new(@log, "w")
+      elsif @log==:fix_file
+        @logger = Logger.new File.new("nice_http.log", "w")
+      elsif @log==:file
+        @logger = Logger.new File.new("nice_http_#{Time.now.strftime('%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S')}.log", 'w')
+      elsif @log==:screen
+        @logger = Logger.new STDOUT
+      elsif @log==:no
+        @logger = Logger.new nil
+      end
+      @logger.level = Logger::INFO
+      
+      @message_server="(#{self.object_id}):"
+  
+        log_message="(#{self.object_id}): Http connection created. host:#{@host},  port:#{@port},  ssl:#{@ssl}, mode:#{@mode}, proxy_host: #{@proxy_host.to_s()}, proxy_port: #{@proxy_port.to_s()} "
+
+        @logger.info(log_message)
+        @message_server+=" Http connection: "
+        if @ssl then
+          @message_server+="https://"
+        else
+          @message_server+="http://"
+        end
+        @message_server+="#{@host}:#{@port}"
+        if @proxy_host.to_s!="" then
+          @message_server+=" proxy:#{@proxy_host}:#{@proxy_port}"
+        end
+        @auto_redirect = auto_redirect
+    rescue Exception => stack
+      if @logger.nil?
+        puts stack
+      else
+        @logger.fatal stack
+      end
+    end
+
+    NiceHttp.active+=1
+    NiceHttp.connections.push(self)
+
+  end
+
+      ######################################################
+      # Get data from path
+      #  input:
+      #     1 argument
+      #       Hash containing at least key :path
+      #     1 argument
+      #       path (string)
+      #  output:
+      #    response -> Hash including at least the symbol keys:
+      #       :data = the response data body
+      #       :message = plain text response
+      #       :code = code response (200=ok,500=wrong...)
+      #     *All keys in response are lowercase
+      #     data, message and code can also be accessed as attributes like .message .code .data, for example:
+      #         resp=@http.get(Requests::Customer.get_profile)
+      #         assert resp.code==200
+      ######################################################
+      def get(arg)
+        begin
+          path, data, headers_t=manage_request(arg)
+          @start_time = Time.now if @start_time.nil?
+          if @use_mocks and arg.kind_of?(Hash) and arg.keys.include?(:mock_response) then
+            data=""
+            if arg[:mock_response].keys.include?(:data) then
+              data=arg[:mock_response][:data]
+              if data.kind_of?(Hash) #to json
+                begin
+                  require 'json'
+                  data=data.to_json
+                rescue
+                  @logger.fatal "There was a problem converting to json: #{data}"
+                end
+              end
+            end
+            @logger.warn "Pay attention!!! This is a mock response:"
+            @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
+            manage_response(arg[:mock_response], data.to_s)
+            return @response
+          end
+          begin
+            if path.include?("http:") or path.include?("https:") then #server included on path problably because of a redirection to a different server
+              require 'uri'
+              uri = URI.parse(path)
+              ssl=false
+              ssl=true if path.include?("https:")
+  
+  
+              server="http://"
+              server="https://" if path.include?("https:")
+              if uri.port!=443 then
+                server+="#{uri.host}:#{uri.port}"
+              else
+                server+="#{uri.host}"
+              end
+  
+              http_redir=nil
+              NiceHttp.connections.each {|conn|
+                if conn.host == uri.host and conn.port==uri.port then
+                  http_redir=conn
+                  break
+                end
+              }
+  
+              if !http_redir.nil?
+                path, data, headers_t=manage_request(arg)
+                http_redir.cookies.merge!(@cookies)
+                http_redir.headers.merge!(headers_t)
+                resp=http_redir.get(path.gsub(server, "")) #todo: remove only the server at the begining in case in query is the server it will be replaced when it should not be
+                @response=http_redir.response
+              else
+                @logger.warn "It seems like the http connection cannot redirect to #{server} because there is no active connection for that server. You need to create previously one."
+              end
+  
+            else
+              @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
+              resp=@http.get(path, headers_t)
+              data=resp.body
+              manage_response(resp, data)
+            end
+          rescue Exception => stack
+            @logger.warn stack
+            @logger.warn "The connection seems to be closed in the host machine. Trying to reconnect"
+            @http.finish()
+            @http.start()
+            @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
+            resp=@http.get(path)
+            data=resp.body
+            manage_response(resp, data)
+          end
+          if @auto_redirect and @response[:code].to_i>=300 and @response[:code].to_i<400 and @response.include?(:location) then
+            if @num_redirects<=30 then
+              @num_redirects+=1
+              current_server="http"
+              current_server+="s" if @ssl==true
+              current_server+="://#{@host}"
+              location=@response[:location].gsub(current_server, "")
+              @logger.info "(#{@num_redirects}) Redirecting NiceHttp to #{location}"
+              get(location)
+            else
+              @logger.fatal "(#{@num_redirects}) Maximum number of redirections for a single request reached. Be sure everything is correct, it seems there is a non ending loop"
+              @num_redirects=0
+            end
+          else
+            @num_redirects=0
+          end
+          return @response
+        rescue Exception => stack
+          @logger.fatal stack
+          return :error
+        end
+      end
+
+      ######################################################
+      # Post data to path
+      #  input:
+      #     1 argument
+      #       Hash containing at least keys :data, :path
+      #     3 arguments
+      #       path (string)
+      #       data (json data for example)
+      #       additional_headers (Hash key=>value)
+      #  output:
+      #    response -> Hash including at least the symbol keys:
+      #       :data = the response data body
+      #       :message = plain text response
+      #       :code = code response (200=ok,500=wrong...)
+      #     *All keys in response are lowercase
+      #     data, message and code can also be accessed as attributes like .message .code .data, for example:
+      #         resp=@http.post(Requests::Customer.update_customer)
+      #         assert resp.code==201
+      ######################################################
+      def post(*arguments)
+        begin
+          path, data, headers_t=manage_request(*arguments)
+          @start_time = Time.now if @start_time.nil?
+          if arguments.size>0 and arguments[0].kind_of?(Hash) then
+            arg=arguments[0]
+            if @use_mocks and arg.kind_of?(Hash) and arg.keys.include?(:mock_response) then
+              data=""
+              if arg[:mock_response].keys.include?(:data) then
+                data=arg[:mock_response][:data]
+                if data.kind_of?(Hash) #to json
+                  begin
+                    require 'json'
+                    data=data.to_json
+                  rescue
+                    @logger.fatal "There was a problem converting to json: #{data}"
+                  end
+                end
+              end
+              @logger.warn "Pay attention!!! This is a mock response:"
+              @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
+              manage_response(arg[:mock_response], data.to_s)
+              return @response
+            end
+          end
+  
+          begin
+            @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
+            if headers_t["Content-Type"] == "multipart/form-data" then
+              require 'net/http/post/multipart'
+              headers_t.each {|key, value|
+                arguments[0][:data].add_field(key, value) #add to Headers
+              }
+              resp=@http.request(arguments[0][:data])
+            else
+              resp=@http.post(path, data, headers_t)
+              data=resp.body
+            end
+          rescue Exception => stack
+            @logger.warn stack
+            @logger.warn "The connection seems to be closed in the host machine. Trying to reconnect"
+            @http.finish()
+            @http.start()
+            @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
+            resp, data=@http.post(path, data, headers_t)
+          end
+          manage_response(resp, data)
+          if @auto_redirect and @response[:code].to_i>=300 and @response[:code].to_i<400 and @response.include?(:location) then
+            if @num_redirects<=30 then
+              @num_redirects+=1
+              current_server="http"
+              current_server+="s" if @ssl==true
+              current_server+="://#{@host}"
+              location=@response[:location].gsub(current_server, "")
+              @logger.info "(#{@num_redirects}) Redirecting NiceHttp to #{location}"
+              get(location)
+            else
+              @logger.fatal "(#{@num_redirects}) Maximum number of redirections for a single request reached. Be sure everything is correct, it seems there is a non ending loop"
+              @num_redirects=0
+            end
+          else
+            @num_redirects=0
+          end
+          return @response
+        rescue Exception => stack
+          @logger.warn stack
+          return :error
+        end
+  
+      end
+
+
+      ######################################################
+      # Put data to path
+      #  input:
+      #     1 argument
+      #       Hash containing at least keys :data, :path
+      #     3 arguments
+      #       path (string)
+      #       data (json data for example)
+      #       additional_headers (Hash key=>value)
+      #  output:
+      #    response -> Hash including at least the symbol keys:
+      #       :data = the response data body
+      #       :message = plain text response
+      #       :code = code response (200=ok,500=wrong...)
+      #     *All keys in response are lowercase
+      #     data, message and code can also be accessed as attributes like .message .code .data, for example:
+      #         resp=@http.put(Requests::Customer.remove_phone)
+      #         assert resp.code==200
+      ######################################################
+      def put(*arguments)
+        begin
+          path, data, headers_t=manage_request(*arguments)
+          @start_time = Time.now if @start_time.nil?
+          if arguments.size>0 and arguments[0].kind_of?(Hash) then
+            arg=arguments[0]
+            if @use_mocks and arg.kind_of?(Hash) and arg.keys.include?(:mock_response) then
+              data=""
+              if arg[:mock_response].keys.include?(:data) then
+                data=arg[:mock_response][:data]
+                if data.kind_of?(Hash) #to json
+                  begin
+                    require 'json'
+                    data=data.to_json
+                  rescue
+                    @logger.fatal "There was a problem converting to json: #{data}"
+                  end
+                end
+              end
+              @logger.warn "Pay attention!!! This is a mock response:"
+              @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
+              manage_response(arg[:mock_response], data.to_s)
+              return @response
+            end
+          end
+  
+          begin
+            @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
+            resp=@http.send_request("PUT", path, data, headers_t)
+            data=resp.body
+          rescue Exception => stack
+            @logger.warn stack
+            @logger.warn "The connection seems to be closed in the host machine. Trying to reconnect"
+            @http.finish()
+            @http.start()
+            @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
+            resp, data=@http.send_request("PUT", path, data, headers_t)
+          end
+          manage_response(resp, data)
+  
+          return @response
+        rescue Exception => stack
+          @logger.fatal stack, self
+          return :error
+        end
+  
+      end
+
+  
+      ######################################################
+      # Patch data to path
+      #  input:
+      #     1 argument
+      #       Hash containing at least keys :data, :path
+      #     3 arguments
+      #       path (string)
+      #       data (json data for example)
+      #       additional_headers (Hash key=>value)
+      #  output:
+      #    response -> Hash including at least the symbol keys:
+      #       :data = the response data body
+      #       :message = plain text response
+      #       :code = code response (200=ok,500=wrong...)
+      #     *All keys in response are lowercase
+      #     data, message and code can also be accessed as attributes like .message .code .data, for example:
+      #         resp=@http.patch(Requests::Customer.unrelease_account)
+      #         assert resp.code==200
+      ######################################################
+      def patch(*arguments)
+        begin
+          path, data, headers_t=manage_request(*arguments)
+          @start_time = Time.now if @start_time.nil?
+          if arguments.size>0 and arguments[0].kind_of?(Hash) then
+            arg=arguments[0]
+            if @use_mocks and arg.kind_of?(Hash) and arg.keys.include?(:mock_response) then
+              data=""
+              if arg[:mock_response].keys.include?(:data) then
+                data=arg[:mock_response][:data]
+                if data.kind_of?(Hash) #to json
+                  begin
+                    require 'json'
+                    data=data.to_json
+                  rescue
+                    @logger.fatal "There was a problem converting to json: #{data}"
+                  end
+                end
+              end
+              @logger.warn "Pay attention!!! This is a mock response:"
+              @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
+              manage_response(arg[:mock_response], data.to_s)
+              return @response
+            end
+          end
+  
+          begin
+            @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
+            resp=@http.patch(path, data, headers_t)
+            data=resp.body
+          rescue Exception => stack
+            @logger.warn stack
+            @logger.warn "The connection seems to be closed in the host machine. Trying to reconnect"
+            @http.finish()
+            @http.start()
+            @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
+            resp, data=@http.patch(path, data, headers_t)
+          end
+          manage_response(resp, data)
+          if @auto_redirect and @response[:code].to_i>=300 and @response[:code].to_i<400 and @response.include?(:location) then
+            if @num_redirects<=30 then
+              @num_redirects+=1
+              current_server="http"
+              current_server+="s" if @ssl==true
+              current_server+="://#{@host}"
+              location=@response[:location].gsub(current_server, "")
+              @logger.info "(#{@num_redirects}) Redirecting NiceHttp to #{location}"
+              get(location)
+            else
+              @logger.fatal "(#{@num_redirects}) Maximum number of redirections for a single request reached. Be sure everything is correct, it seems there is a non ending loop"
+              @num_redirects=0
+            end
+          else
+            @num_redirects=0
+          end
+          return @response
+        rescue Exception => stack
+          @logger.fatal stack
+          return :error
+        end
+  
+      end
+
+
+      ######################################################
+      # Delete an existing resource
+      #  input:
+      #     1 argument
+      #       Hash containing at least key :path
+      #     1 argument
+      #       String giving the path
+      #  output:
+      #    response -> Hash including at least the symbol keys:
+      #       :data = the response data body
+      #       :message = plain text response
+      #       :code = code response (200=ok,500=wrong...)
+      #     *All keys in response are lowercase
+      #     data, message and code can also be accessed as attributes like .message .code .data, for example:
+      #         resp=@http.delete(Requests::Customer.remove_session)
+      #         assert resp.code==204
+      ######################################################
+      def delete(argument)
+        begin
+          if argument.kind_of?(String) then
+            argument={:path => argument}
+          end
+          path, data, headers_t=manage_request(argument)
+          @start_time = Time.now if @start_time.nil?
+          if argument.kind_of?(Hash) then
+            arg=argument
+            if @use_mocks and arg.kind_of?(Hash) and arg.keys.include?(:mock_response) then
+              data=""
+              if arg[:mock_response].keys.include?(:data) then
+                data=arg[:mock_response][:data]
+                if data.kind_of?(Hash) #to json
+                  begin
+                    require 'json'
+                    data=data.to_json
+                  rescue
+                    @logger.fatal "There was a problem converting to json: #{data}"
+                  end
+                end
+              end
+              @logger.warn "Pay attention!!! This is a mock response:"
+              @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
+              manage_response(arg[:mock_response], data.to_s)
+              return @response
+            end
+          end
+  
+          begin
+            @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
+            resp=@http.delete(path, headers_t)
+            data=resp.body
+          rescue Exception => stack
+            @logger.warn stack
+            @logger.warn "The connection seems to be closed in the host machine. Trying to reconnect"
+            @http.finish()
+            @http.start()
+            @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
+            resp, data=@http.delete(path)
+          end
+          manage_response(resp, data)
+  
+          return @response
+        rescue Exception => stack
+          @logger.fatal stack
+          return :error
+        end
+  
+      end
+
+      ######################################################
+      # Implementation of the http HEAD method.
+      # Asks for the response identical to the one that would correspond to a GET request, but without the response body. 
+      # This is useful for retrieving meta-information written in response headers, without having to transport the entire content.
+      #  input:
+      #     1 argument
+      #       Hash containing at least key :path
+      #     1 argument
+      #       String giving the path
+      #  output:
+      #    response -> Hash including the symbol keys:
+      #       :message = plain text response
+      #       :code = code response (200=ok,500=wrong...)
+      #     *All keys in response are lowercase
+      ######################################################
+      def head(argument)
+        begin
+          if argument.kind_of?(String) then
+            argument={:path => argument}
+          end
+          path, data, headers_t=manage_request(argument)
+          @start_time = Time.now if @start_time.nil?
+          if argument.kind_of?(Hash) then
+            arg=argument
+            if @use_mocks and arg.kind_of?(Hash) and arg.keys.include?(:mock_response) then
+              data=""
+              if arg[:mock_response].keys.include?(:data) then
+                data=arg[:mock_response][:data]
+                if data.kind_of?(Hash) #to json
+                  begin
+                    require 'json'
+                    data=data.to_json
+                  rescue
+                    @logger.fatal "There was a problem converting to json: #{data}"
+                  end
+                end
+              end
+              @logger.warn "Pay attention!!! This is a mock response:"
+              @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
+              manage_response(arg[:mock_response], data.to_s)
+              return @response
+            end
+          end
+  
+          begin
+            @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
+            resp=@http.head(path, headers_t)
+            data=resp.body
+          rescue Exception => stack
+            @logger.warn stack
+            @logger.warn "The connection seems to be closed in the host machine. Trying to reconnect"
+            @http.finish()
+            @http.start()
+            @start_time_net = Time.now if @start_time_net.nil?
+            resp, data=@http.head(path)
+          end
+          manage_response(resp, data)
+          return @response
+        rescue Exception => stack
+          @logger.fatal stack
+          return :error
+        end
+      end
+
+
+      ######################################################
+      # Close HTTP connection
+      ######################################################
+      def close
+        begin
+          pos=0
+          found=false
+          NiceHttp.connections.each {|conn|
+            if conn.object_id == self.object_id then
+              found=true
+              break
+            end
+            pos+=1
+          }
+          if found
+            NiceHttp.connections.delete_at(pos)
+          end
+  
+          unless @closed
+            if !@http.nil? then
+              @http.finish()
+              @http=nil
+                @logger.info "the HTTP connection was closed: #{@message_server}"
+            else
+              @http=nil
+              @logger.fatal "It was not possible to close the HTTP connection: #{@message_server}"
+            end
+            @closed=true
+          else
+            @logger.warn "It was not possible to close the HTTP connection, already closed: #{@message_server}"
+          end
+        rescue Exception => stack
+          @logger.fatal stack
+        end
+        NiceHttp.active-=1
+      end
+
+
+      ######################################################
+      # private method to manage Request
+      #   input:
+      #     3 args: path, data, headers
+      #     1 arg:  Hash containg at least keys :path and :data
+      #   output:
+      #     path, data, headers
+      ######################################################
+      def manage_request(*arguments)
+        require 'json'
+        begin
+          content_type_included=false
+          path=""
+          data=""
+  
+          @response=Hash.new()
+          headers_t=@headers.dup()
+          cookies_to_set_str=""
+          if arguments.size==3 then
+            path=arguments[0]
+          elsif arguments.size==1 and arguments[0].kind_of?(Hash) then
+            path=arguments[0][:path]
+          elsif arguments.size==1 and arguments[0].kind_of?(String) then
+            path=arguments[0].to_s()
+          end
+          @cookies.each {|cookie_path, cookies_hash|
+            cookie_path="" if cookie_path=="/"
+            path_to_check=path
+            if path=="/" or path[-1]!="/" then
+              path_to_check+="/"
+            end
+            if path_to_check.scan(/^#{cookie_path}\//).size>0 then
+              cookies_hash.each {|key, value|
+                cookies_to_set_str+="#{key}=#{value}; "
+              }
+            end
+          }
+          headers_t["Cookie"]=cookies_to_set_str
+  
+          method_s=caller[0].to_s().scan(/:in `(.*)'/).join
+  
+          if arguments.size==3 then
+            data=arguments[1]
+            if arguments[2].kind_of?(Hash) then
+              headers_t.merge!(arguments[2])
+            end
+          elsif arguments.size==1 and arguments[0].kind_of?(Hash) then
+            if arguments[0][:data].nil? then
+              if arguments[0].keys.include?(:data) then
+                data=""
+              elsif arguments[0].keys.include?(:data_examples) and 
+                arguments[0][:data_examples].kind_of?(Array) then
+                data=arguments[0][:data_examples][0] #the first example by default
+              else
+                data=""
+              end
+  
+            else
+              data=arguments[0][:data]
+            end
+            if arguments[0].include?(:headers) then
+              headers_t.merge!(arguments[0][:headers])
+            end
+  
+            if headers_t["Content-Type"].to_s()=="" and headers_t["content-type"].to_s()=="" and 
+              headers_t[:"content-type"].to_s()=="" and headers_t[:"Content-Type"].to_s()=="" then
+              content_type_included=false
+            elsif headers_t["content-type"].to_s()!="" then
+              content_type_included=true
+              headers_t["Content-Type"]=headers_t["content-type"]
+            elsif headers_t[:"content-type"].to_s()!="" then
+              content_type_included=true
+              headers_t["Content-Type"]=headers_t[:"content-type"]
+              headers_t.delete(:"content-type")
+            elsif headers_t[:"Content-Type"].to_s()!="" then
+              content_type_included=true
+              headers_t["Content-Type"]=headers_t[:"Content-Type"]
+              headers_t.delete(:"Content-Type")
+            elsif headers_t["Content-Type"].to_s()!="" then
+              content_type_included=true
+            end
+
+            if !content_type_included and data.kind_of?(Hash)
+              headers_t['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
+              content_type_included=true
+            end
+            
+            if content_type_included and (!headers_t["Content-Type"][/text\/xml/].nil? or 
+              !headers_t["Content-Type"]["application/soap+xml"].nil? or 
+              !headers_t["Content-Type"][/application\/jxml/].nil?) then
+              if arguments[0].include?(:values) then
+                arguments[0][:values].each {|key, value|
+                  data=NiceHttpUtils.set_value_xml_tag(key.to_s(), data, value.to_s(), true)
+                }
+              end
+            elsif content_type_included and !headers_t["Content-Type"][/application\/json/].nil? and data.to_s()!="" then
+              require 'json'
+              if data.kind_of?(String) then
+                if arguments[0].include?(:values) then
+                  arguments[0][:values].each {|key, value|
+                    data.gsub!(/(( *|^)"?#{key.to_s()}"? *: *")(.*)(" *, *$)/, '\1' + value+ '\4') # "key":"value", or key:"value",
+                    data.gsub!(/(( *|^)"?#{key.to_s()}"? *: *")(.*)(" *$)/, '\1' + value+ '\4') # "key":"value" or key:"value"
+                    data.gsub!(/(( *|^)"?#{key.to_s()}"? *: *[^"])([^"].*)([^"] *, *$)/, '\1' + value+ '\4') # "key":456, or key:456,
+                    data.gsub!(/(( *|^)"?#{key.to_s()}"? *: *[^"])([^"].*)([^"] * *$)/, '\1' + value+ '\4') # "key":456 or key:456
+                  }
+                end
+              elsif data.kind_of?(Hash) then
+                data_n=Hash.new()
+                data.each {|key, value|
+                  data_n[key.to_s()]=value
+                }
+                if arguments[0].include?(:values) then
+                  #req[:values][:loginName] or req[:values]["loginName"]
+                  new_values_hash=Hash.new()
+                  arguments[0][:values].each {|kv, vv|
+                    if data_n.keys.include?(kv.to_s()) then
+                      new_values_hash[kv.to_s()]=vv
+                    end
+                  }
+                  data_n.merge!(new_values_hash)
+                end
+                data=data_n.to_json()
+              elsif data.kind_of?(Array) then
+                data_arr=Array.new()
+                data.each_with_index {|row, indx|
+                  unless row.kind_of?(Hash) then
+                    @logger.fatal("Wrong format on request application/json, be sure is a Hash, Array of Hashes or JSON string")
+                    return :error, :error, :error
+                  end
+                  data_n=Hash.new()
+                  row.each {|key, value|
+                    data_n[key.to_s()]=value
+                  }
+                  if arguments[0].include?(:values) then
+                    #req[:values][:loginName] or req[:values]["loginName"]
+                    new_values_hash=Hash.new()
+                    if arguments[0][:values].kind_of?(Hash) then #values[:mykey][3]
+                      arguments[0][:values].each {|kv, vv|
+                        if data_n.keys.include?(kv.to_s()) and !vv[indx].nil? then
+                          new_values_hash[kv.to_s()]=vv[indx]
+                        end
+                      }
+                    elsif arguments[0][:values].kind_of?(Array) then #values[5][:mykey]
+                      if !arguments[0][:values][indx].nil? then
+                        arguments[0][:values][indx].each {|kv, vv|
+                          if data_n.keys.include?(kv.to_s()) then
+                            new_values_hash[kv.to_s()]=vv
+                          end
+                        }
+                      end
+                    else
+                      @logger.fatal("Wrong format on request application/json when supplying values, the data is an array of Hashes but the values supplied are not")
+                      return :error, :error, :error
+                    end
+                    data_n.merge!(new_values_hash)
+                  end
+                  data_arr.push(data_n)
+                }
+                data=data_arr.to_json()
+              else
+                @logger.fatal("Wrong format on request application/json, be sure is a Hash, Array of Hashes or JSON string")
+                return :error, :error, :error
+              end
+            elsif content_type_included and arguments[0].include?(:values) then
+              if arguments[0][:values].kind_of?(Hash) and arguments[0][:values].keys.size>0 then
+                if !headers_t.nil? and headers_t.kind_of?(Hash) and headers_t["Content-Type"]!="application/x-www-form-urlencoded" and headers_t["content-type"]!="application/x-www-form-urlencoded" then
+                  @logger.warn(":values key given without a valid content-type or data for request. No values modified on the request")
+                end
+              end
+            end
+          elsif arguments.size==1 and arguments[0].kind_of?(String) then
+            #path=arguments[0].to_s()
+            data=""
+          else
+            @logger.fatal("Invalid number of arguments or wrong arguments in #{method_s}")
+            return :error, :error, :error
+          end
+          if headers_t.keys.include?("Content-Type") and !headers_t["Content-Type"]["multipart/form-data"].nil? and headers_t["Content-Type"]!=["multipart/form-data"] then #only for the case raw multipart request
+            encoding="UTF-8"
+            data_s=""
+          else
+            encoding=data.to_s().scan(/encoding='(.*)'/i).join
+            if encoding.to_s()=="" then
+              encoding=data.to_s().scan(/charset='(.*)'/i).join
+            end
+            if encoding.to_s()=="" and headers_t.include?("Content-Type") then
+              encoding=headers_t["Content-Type"].scan(/charset='?(.*)'?/i).join
+              if encoding.to_s()=="" then
+                encoding=headers_t["Content-Type"].scan(/encoding='?(.*)'?/i).join
+              end
+            end
+  
+            begin
+              data_s=JSON.pretty_generate(JSON.parse(data))
+            rescue
+              data_s=data
+            end
+            data_s=data_s.to_s().gsub("<", "&lt;")
+          end
+          if headers_t.keys.include?("Accept-Encoding")
+            headers_t["Accept-Encoding"].gsub!("gzip","")#removed so the response is in plain text
+          end
+  
+          headers_ts=""
+          headers_t.each {|key, val| headers_ts+=key.to_s + ":" + val.to_s() + ", "}
+          message="#{method_s} REQUEST: \npath= " + path.to_s() + "\n"
+          message+="headers= " + headers_ts.to_s() + "\n"
+          message+="data= " + data_s.to_s() + "\n"
+          message=@message_server+"\n"+message
+          if path.to_s().scan(/^https?:\/\//).size>0 and path.to_s().scan(/^https?:\/\/#{@host}/).size==0 then
+            # the path is for another server than the current
+          else
+            NiceHttp.last_request=message
+            @logger.info(message)
+          end
+  
+          if data.to_s()!="" and encoding.to_s().upcase!="UTF-8" and encoding!="" then
+            data=data.to_s().encode(encoding, "UTF-8")
+          end
+          return path, data, headers_t
+        rescue Exception => stack
+          @logger.fatal(stack)
+          @logger.fatal("manage_request Error on method #{method_s} . path:#{path.to_s()}. data:#{data.to_s()}. headers:#{headers_t.to_s()}")
+          return :error
+        end
+      end
+
+      ######################################################
+      # private method to manage Response
+      #   input:
+      #     resp
+      #     data
+      #   output:
+      #     @response updated
+      ######################################################
+      def manage_response(resp, data)
+        require 'json'
+        begin
+          if @start_time.kind_of?(Time)
+            @response[:time_elapsed_total]=Time.now-@start_time
+            @start_time = nil
+          else
+            @response[:time_elapsed_total]=nil
+          end
+          if @start_time_net.kind_of?(Time)
+            @response[:time_elapsed]=Time.now-@start_time_net
+            @start_time_net = nil
+          else
+            @response[:time_elapsed]=nil
+          end
+          begin
+            # this is to be able to access all keys as symbols
+            new_resp=Hash.new()
+            resp.each {|key, value|
+              if key.kind_of?(String) then
+                new_resp[key.to_sym]=value
+              end
+            }
+            new_resp.each {|key, value|
+              resp[key]=value
+            }
+          rescue
+          end
+          #for mock_responses to be able to add outside of the header like content-type for example
+          if resp.kind_of?(Hash) and !resp.has_key?(:header) then
+            resp[:header]={}
+          end
+          if resp.kind_of?(Hash)
+            resp.each {|k, v|
+              if k!=:code and k!=:message and k!=:data and k!=:'set-cookie' and k!=:header
+                resp[:header][k]=v
+              end
+            }
+            resp[:header].each {|k, v|
+              resp.delete(k) if resp.has_key?(k)
+            }
+          end
+  
+          method_s=caller[0].to_s().scan(/:in `(.*)'/).join
+          if resp.header.kind_of?(Hash) and (resp.header["content-type"].to_s()=="application/x-deflate" or resp.header[:"content-type"].to_s()=="application/x-deflate") then
+            data=Zlib::Inflate.inflate(data)
+          end
+          encoding_response=""
+          if resp.header.kind_of?(Hash) and (resp.header["content-type"].to_s()!="" or resp.header[:"content-type"].to_s()!="") then
+            encoding_response=resp.header["content-type"].scan(/;charset=(.*)/i).join if resp.header.has_key?("content-type")
+            encoding_response=resp.header[:"content-type"].scan(/;charset=(.*)/i).join if resp.header.has_key?(:"content-type")
+          end
+          if encoding_response.to_s()=="" then
+            encoding_response="UTF-8"
+          end
+  
+          if encoding_response.to_s()!="" and encoding_response.to_s().upcase!="UTF-8" then
+            data.encode!("UTF-8", encoding_response.to_s())
+          end
+          if encoding_response!="" and encoding_response.to_s().upcase!="UTF-8" then
+            @response[:message]=resp.message.to_s().encode("UTF-8", encoding_response.to_s())
+            #todo: response data in here for example is convert into string, verify if that is correct or needs to maintain the original data type (hash, array...)
+            resp.each {|key, val| @response[key]=val.to_s().encode("UTF-8", encoding_response.to_s())}
+          else
+            @response[:message]=resp.message
+            resp.each {|key, val| @response[key]=val}
+          end
+          if !defined?(Net::HTTP::Post::Multipart) or (defined?(Net::HTTP::Post::Multipart) and !data.kind_of?(Net::HTTP::Post::Multipart))
+            @response[:data]=data
+          else
+            @response[:data]=""
+          end
+  
+          @response[:code]=resp.code
+  
+          unless @response.nil? then
+            message="\nRESPONSE: \n" + @response[:code].to_s()+ ":" + @response[:message].to_s()
+            if @debug then
+              NiceHttp.last_response=message
+              @response.each {|key, value|
+                if value.to_s()!="" then
+                  value_orig=value
+                  if key.kind_of?(Symbol) then
+                    if key==:code or key==:data or key==:header or key==:message then
+                      if key==:data then
+                        begin
+                          JSON.parse(value_orig)
+                          data_s=JSON.pretty_generate(JSON.parse(value_orig))
+                        rescue
+                          data_s=value_orig
+                        end
+                        NiceHttp.last_response+="\nresponse." + key.to_s() + " = '" + data_s.gsub("<", "&lt;") + "'\n"
+                        if value_orig != value then
+                          message+="\nresponse." + key.to_s() + " = '" + value.gsub("<", "&lt;") + "'\n"
+                        else
+                          message+="\nresponse." + key.to_s() + " = '" + data_s.gsub("<", "&lt;") + "'\n"
+                        end
+                      else
+                        NiceHttp.last_response+="\nresponse." + key.to_s() + " = '" + value.to_s().gsub("<", "&lt;") + "'"
+                        message+="\nresponse." + key.to_s() + " = '" + value.to_s().gsub("<", "&lt;") + "'"
+                      end
+                    else
+                      NiceHttp.last_response+="\nresponse[:" + key.to_s() + "] = '" + value.to_s().gsub("<", "&lt;") + "'"
+                      message+="\nresponse[:" + key.to_s() + "] = '" + value.to_s().gsub("<", "&lt;") + "'"
+                    end
+                  elsif !@response.include?(key.to_sym)
+                    NiceHttp.last_response+="\nresponse['" + key.to_s() + "'] = '" + value.to_s().gsub("<", "&lt;") + "'"
+                    message+="\nresponse['" + key.to_s() + "'] = '" + value.to_s().gsub("<", "&lt;") + "'"
+                  end
+                end
+              }
+  
+            end
+            @logger.info message
+            if @response.kind_of?(Hash) then
+              if @response.keys.include?(:requestid) then
+                @headers["requestId"]=@response[:requestid]
+                NiceHttp.request_id=@response[:requestid]
+                @logger.info "requestId was found on the response header and it has been added to the headers for the next request"
+              end
+            end
+          end
+  
+          if resp[:'set-cookie'].to_s()!="" then
+            if resp.kind_of?(Hash) then #mock_response
+              cookies_to_set=resp[:'set-cookie'].to_s().split(", ")
+            else #Net::Http
+              cookies_to_set=resp.get_fields('set-cookie')
+            end
+            cookies_to_set.each {|cookie|
+              cookie_pair=cookie.split('; ')[0].split("=")
+              cookie_path=cookie.scan(/; path=([^;]+)/i).join
+              @cookies[cookie_path]=Hash.new() unless @cookies.keys.include?(cookie_path)
+              @cookies[cookie_path][cookie_pair[0]]=cookie_pair[1]
+            }
+  
+              @logger.info "set-cookie added to Cookie header as required"
+  
+              if @headers.has_key?("X-CSRFToken") then
+                csrftoken=resp[:"set-cookie"].to_s().scan(/csrftoken=([\da-z]+);/).join
+                if csrftoken.to_s()!="" then
+                  @headers["X-CSRFToken"]=csrftoken
+                  @logger.info "X-CSRFToken exists on headers and has been overwritten"
+                end
+              else
+                csrftoken=resp[:"set-cookie"].to_s().scan(/csrftoken=([\da-z]+);/).join
+                if csrftoken.to_s()!="" then
+                  @headers["X-CSRFToken"]=csrftoken
+                  @logger.info "X-CSRFToken added to header as required"
+                end
+  
+              end
+          end
+  
+        rescue Exception => stack
+          @logger.fatal stack
+          @logger.fatal "manage_response Error on method #{method_s} "
+        end
+      end
+      
+      private :manage_request, :manage_response
+end
+