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• docs.seattlerb.org/net-http-persistent

• github.com/drbrain/net-http-persistent

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.

2.5 / 2012-02-07

• Minor enhancements

  • The proxy may be changed at any time.

  • The allowed SSL version may now be set via #ssl_version. Issue #16 by astera

  • Added Net::HTTP::Persistent#override_headers which allows overriding

  • Net::HTTP default headers like User-Agent. See Net::HTTP::Persistent@Headers for details. Issue #17 by andkerosine

• Bug fixes

  • The ruby 1.8 speed monkeypatch now handles EAGAIN for windows users. Issue #12 by Alwyn Schoeman

  • Fixed POST example in README. Submitted by injekt.

  • Fixed various bugs in the shutdown of connections especially cross-thread (which you shouldn’t be doing anyways).