class EventMachine::Protocols::HttpClient

def self.request( args = {} )

Options Hash: (**args)
  • :cookie (String) -- Cookies to set
  • :host_header (String) -- The host header to set
  • :query_string (String) -- The query string
  • :contenttype (String) -- The content type (e.g. text/plain)
  • :content (String) -- The request content
  • :basic_auth (Hash) -- The basic auth credentials (:username and :password)
  • :request (String) -- The request path
  • :verb (String) -- The request type [GET | POST | DELETE | PUT]
  • :port (Integer) -- The port to connect too
  • :host (String) -- The host IP/DNS name

Parameters:
  • args (Hash) -- The request arguments 
def self.request( args = {} )
  args[:port] ||= 80
  EventMachine.connect( args[:host], args[:port], self ) {|c|
    # According to the docs, we will get here AFTER post_init is called.
    c.instance_eval {@args = args}
  }
end