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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.

Changes:

• Minor enhancement

  • Net::HTTP::Persistent#idle_timeout may be set to nil to disable expiration of connections. Pull Request #21 by Aaron Stone