HTTP requests library

[zachallaun]

Something similar to Python's Requests would be nice.

[chuckha]

How does this look for a basic API?

response     = request("http://duckduckgo.com", "GET", {"q" => "dogs"})
response_two = request("http://httpbin.org/post", "POST", {"name" => "chuck"})

[zachallaun]

Looks great. Implicit SSL would be nice too: request("https://blah.com", GET)

[StefanKarpinski]

Using integers for the request seems sensible, although it might get to a point where you want to make a custom type for HTTP request types. It would be nice to be able to give the url but also be able to give protocol. E.g.

request(GET, HTTP, "httpbin.org/post", {"q"=>"dogs"})

The reason that's nice is so that it can be set programmatically more easily. I also think it makes sense to put the method first or, if omitted, default to GET.

[chuckha]

Integers for the HTTP method seems fine, but as far as protocol goes, this library's scope is only HTTP/S requests. If it turns out we need more than those two protocols we can add another method to request().

I also like the method first.

request(POST, "http://duckduckgo.com", {"q" => "hacker school"})
request("https://google.com") # implicit GET