class HTTP::Client

Clients make requests and receive responses

Constants

HTTP_OR_HTTPS_RE

Public Class Methods

new(default_options = {}) click to toggle source
# File lib/http/client.rb, line 19
def initialize(default_options = {})
  @default_options = HTTP::Options.new(default_options)
  @connection = nil
  @state = :clean
end

Public Instance Methods

close() click to toggle source
# File lib/http/client.rb, line 87
def close
  @connection.close if @connection
  @connection = nil
  @state = :clean
end
perform(req, options) click to toggle source

Perform a single (no follow) HTTP request

# File lib/http/client.rb, line 55
def perform(req, options)
  verify_connection!(req.uri)

  @state = :dirty

  @connection ||= HTTP::Connection.new(req, options)

  unless @connection.failed_proxy_connect?
    @connection.send_request(req)
    @connection.read_headers!
  end

  res = Response.new(
    :status        => @connection.status_code,
    :version       => @connection.http_version,
    :headers       => @connection.headers,
    :proxy_headers => @connection.proxy_response_headers,
    :connection    => @connection,
    :encoding      => options.encoding,
    :auto_inflate  => options.feature(:auto_inflate),
    :uri           => req.uri
  )

  @connection.finish_response if req.verb == :head
  @state = :clean

  res
rescue
  close
  raise
end
request(verb, uri, opts = {}) click to toggle source

Make an HTTP request

# File lib/http/client.rb, line 26
def request(verb, uri, opts = {})
  opts    = @default_options.merge(opts)
  uri     = make_request_uri(uri, opts)
  headers = make_request_headers(opts)
  body    = make_request_body(opts, headers)
  proxy   = opts.proxy

  req = HTTP::Request.new(
    :verb    => verb,
    :uri     => uri,
    :headers => headers,
    :proxy   => proxy,
    :body    => body
  )

  res = perform(req, opts)
  return res unless opts.follow

  Redirector.new(opts.follow).perform(req, res) do |request|
    perform(request, opts)
  end
end

Private Instance Methods

make_request_body(opts, headers) click to toggle source

Create the request body object to send

# File lib/http/client.rb, line 153
def make_request_body(opts, headers)
  request_body =
    case
    when opts.body
      opts.body
    when opts.form
      form = HTTP::FormData.create opts.form
      headers[Headers::CONTENT_TYPE]   ||= form.content_type
      headers[Headers::CONTENT_LENGTH] ||= form.content_length
      form.to_s
    when opts.json
      body = MimeType[:json].encode opts.json
      headers[Headers::CONTENT_TYPE] ||= "application/json; charset=#{body.encoding.name}"
      body
    end
  if (auto_deflate = opts.feature(:auto_deflate))
    auto_deflate.deflate(headers, request_body)
  else
    request_body
  end
end
make_request_headers(opts) click to toggle source

Creates request headers with cookies (if any) merged in

# File lib/http/client.rb, line 136
def make_request_headers(opts)
  headers = opts.headers

  # Tell the server to keep the conn open
  headers[Headers::CONNECTION] = default_options.persistent? ? Connection::KEEP_ALIVE : Connection::CLOSE

  cookies = opts.cookies.values

  unless cookies.empty?
    cookies = opts.headers.get(Headers::COOKIE).concat(cookies).join("; ")
    headers[Headers::COOKIE] = cookies
  end

  headers
end
make_request_uri(uri, opts) click to toggle source

Merges query params if needed

@param [#to_s] uri @return [URI]

# File lib/http/client.rb, line 114
def make_request_uri(uri, opts)
  uri = uri.to_s

  if default_options.persistent? && uri !~ HTTP_OR_HTTPS_RE
    uri = "#{default_options.persistent}#{uri}"
  end

  uri = HTTP::URI.parse uri

  if opts.params && !opts.params.empty?
    uri.query = [uri.query, HTTP::URI.form_encode(opts.params)].compact.join("&")
  end

  # Some proxies (seen on WEBRick) fail if URL has
  # empty path (e.g. `http://example.com`) while it's RFC-complaint:
  # http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1738#section-3.1
  uri.path = "/" if uri.path.empty?

  uri
end
verify_connection!(uri) click to toggle source

Verify our request isn't going to be made against another URI

# File lib/http/client.rb, line 96
def verify_connection!(uri)
  if default_options.persistent? && uri.origin != default_options.persistent
    raise StateError, "Persistence is enabled for #{default_options.persistent}, but we got #{uri.origin}"
  # We re-create the connection object because we want to let prior requests
  # lazily load the body as long as possible, and this mimics prior functionality.
  elsif @connection && (!@connection.keep_alive? || @connection.expired?)
    close
  # If we get into a bad state (eg, Timeout.timeout ensure being killed)
  # close the connection to prevent potential for mixed responses.
  elsif @state == :dirty
    close
  end
end