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net-http-persistent versions 1.9 and 2.0 has been released!

• Documentation

• Source & Issues

Manages persistent connections using Net::HTTP plus a speed fix for Ruby 1.8. It’s thread-safe too!

Using persistent HTTP connections can dramatically increase the speed of HTTP. Creating a new HTTP connection for every request involves an extra TCP round-trip and causes TCP congestion avoidance negotiation to start over.

Net::HTTP supports persistent connections with some API methods but does not handle reconnection gracefully. net-http-persistent supports reconnection and retry according to RFC 2616.

Changes:

2.0 / 2011-08-26

• Incompatibility

  • Net::HTTP::Persistent#verify_mode now defaults to OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER. This may cause HTTPS request failures if your default certificate store lacks the correct certificates.

1.9 / 2011-08-26

• Minor Enhancement

  • Added Net::HTTP::Persistent#cert_store to set an SSL certificate store which defaults to the OpenSSL default certificate store.

    HTTPS server certificates will be validated when this option is combined with setting Net::HTTP::Persistent#verify_mode to OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER.