It looks like HTTParty uses Net::HTTP so I'll just stick with that. I got burned by so many deprecated gems moving from Rails 2 to Rails 3 that use them sparingly now. :-\
On Jan 4, 10:53 am, Marnen Laibow-Koser <[email protected]> wrote: > TonyPrimeranowrote in post #972234: > > > > > In the past I have used Net::HTTPto 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/8b8aa... > > > It seems like there are 100s of rubyhttplibraries out there. > > Would HTTParty have what you need? > > > > > Tony > > Best, > -- > Marnen Laibow-Koserhttp://www.marnen.org > [email protected] > > -- > Posted viahttp://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.
