Ruby on Rails HTTP Clients Tools & Gems

faraday

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HTTP/REST API client library.

faraday 326,160,492 Downloads Last release April 18, 2021 6:23pm

lostisland/faraday Last commit not available

rest-client

A simple HTTP and REST client for Ruby, inspired by the Sinatra microframework style of specifying actions: get, put, post, delete.

rest-client 186,818,906 Downloads Last release August 22, 2019 1:07am

rest-client/rest-client Last commit August 25, 2019 9:41pm

http

An easy-to-use client library for making requests from Ruby. It uses a simple method chaining system for building requests, similar to Python's Requests.

http 48,392,756 Downloads Last release February 26, 2020 5:34pm

httprb/http Last commit April 10, 2021 9:54am

httparty

Makes http fun! Also, makes consuming restful web services dead easy.

httparty 131,452,494 Downloads Last release June 10, 2020 6:44pm

jnunemaker/httparty Last commit February 16, 2021 9:10pm

curb

Curb (probably CUrl-RuBy or something) provides Ruby-language bindings for the libcurl(3), a fully-featured client-side URL transfer library. cURL and libcurl live at http://curl.haxx.se/

curb 22,318,928 Downloads Last release November 2, 2020 3:27pm

taf2/curb Last commit February 23, 2021 4:22pm

typhoeus

Like a modern code version of the mythical beast with 100 serpent heads, Typhoeus runs HTTP requests in parallel while cleanly encapsulating handling logic.

typhoeus 55,445,604 Downloads Last release May 8, 2020 12:19pm

typhoeus/typhoeus Last commit January 15, 2021 1:13pm

mechanize

The Mechanize library is used for automating interaction with websites. Mechanize automatically stores and sends cookies, follows redirects, and can follow links and submit forms. Form fields can be populated and submitted. Mechanize also keeps track of the sites that you have visited as a history.

mechanize 19,553,254 Downloads Last release April 1, 2021 4:24pm

sparklemotion/mechanize Last commit not available