In Greek mythology, Ethon, the son of Typhoeus and Echidna, is a gigantic eagle. So much for the history. In the modern world, Ethon is a very basic libcurl wrapper using ffi.
With bundler:
gem "ethon"
With rubygems:
gem install ethon
Making the first request is simple:
easy = Ethon::Easy.new(url: "www.example.com")
easy.perform
#=> :okYou have access to various options, such as following redirects:
easy = Ethon::Easy.new(url: "www.example.com", followlocation: true)
easy.perform
#=> :okOnce you're done you can inspect the response code and body:
easy = Ethon::Easy.new(url: "www.example.com", followlocation: true)
easy.perform
easy.response_code
#=> 200
easy.response_body
#=> "<!doctype html><html ..."In order to make life easier, there are some helpers for making HTTP requests:
easy = Ethon::Easy.new
easy.http_request("www.example.com", :get, { params: {a: 1} })
easy.perform
#=> :okeasy = Ethon::Easy.new
easy.http_request("www.example.com", :post, { params: { a: 1 }, body: { b: 2 } })
easy.perform
#=> :okThis is really handy when making requests since you don't have to care about setting everything up correctly.
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