Package: ruby-httpclient (2.9.0-1)

HTTP client library for ruby

httpclient gives something like the functionality of libwww-perl (LWP) in Ruby.

Features:

   * methods like GET/HEAD/POST/* via HTTP/1.1.
   * HTTPS(SSL), Cookies, proxy, authentication(Digest, NTLM, Basic), etc.
   * asynchronous HTTP request, streaming HTTP request.
   * by contrast with net/http in standard distribution;
      - Cookies support
      - MT-safe
      - streaming POST (POST with File/IO)
      - Digest auth
      - Negotiate/NTLM auth for WWW-Authenticate (requires net/ntlm module)
      - NTLM auth for WWW-Authenticate/Proxy-Authenticate (requires
        win32/sspi module)
      - extensible with filter interface
      - you don't have to care HTTP/1.1 persistent connection (httpclient
        cares instead of you).

Tags: Network Protocol: HTTP, Role: Program

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