Tony Primerano wrote in post #972234: > In the past I have used Net::HTTP to call trivial remote services. > These calls have been low frequency so didn't bother looking into > alternatives. > > I'm now looking at a design where I will be calling a remote service > that returns a simple CSV but it will be called frequently and if that > service goes down I need to degrade gracefully. I'd like to punt if > the web service fails to respond in 1 second (500 ms may be better). > > > Is there a library that makes this simple. Seems like some hackery is > needed to make this happen with Net::HTTP > ex: > http://groups.google.com/group/chicagoruby/browse_thread/thread/8b8aadc26545e165 > > It seems like there are 100s of ruby http libraries out there.
Would HTTParty have what you need? > > Tony Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org [email protected] -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
