A simple http and rest client for ruby inspired by the sinatra microframework style of specifying actions.
Ruby rest client post.
My post parameters are getting url encoded.
The script i will present here talks to the twitter public api and invokes the method that returns a json array of all of the latest trends on twitter.
But which one should you choose.
Ruby rest api example.
Ruby has more http client libraries then i can count on my fingers and toes.
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Even though there is no standard specifying how this should work rest client follows a similar convention to the one used by rack rails servers for handling arrays nested hashes and null values.
Get put post delete.
Choosing the best ruby http client.
To help you make this decision i prepared a comparison table for you.
I ve tried troubleshooting with other rest clients just to verify the api i m testing against isn t at fault and i also have access to the api codebase doesn t appear to be play framework s fault.
Rest client can render a hash as http query parameters for get head delete requests or as http post data in x www form urlencoded format for post requests.
Require rest client restclient post profile file.
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Get put post delete.
Create a log that respond to like a logger param can be stdout stderr a string then we will log to that file or a logger then we return it.
The client will be invoked from the command line however these techniques can be used from within an ruby code for example a rails controller to enable your web application to make rest calls.
There are many http clients available in ruby.
Let s first make a call using net http which is built into the ruby standard library.
Rest client 2 1 0 a simple http and rest client for ruby inspired by the sinatra microframework style of specifying actions.