Class | Net::HTTP::Persistent |
In: |
lib/net/http/persistent.rb
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Parent: | Object |
Persistent connections for Net::HTTP
Net::HTTP::Persistent maintains persistent connections across all the servers you wish to talk to. For each host:port you communicate with a single persistent connection is created.
Multiple Net::HTTP::Persistent objects will share the same set of connections.
For each thread you start a new connection will be created. A Net::HTTP::Persistent connection will not be shared across threads.
You can shut down the HTTP connections when done by calling shutdown. You should name your Net::HTTP::Persistent object if you intend to call this method.
Example:
require 'net/http/persistent' uri = URI 'http://example.com/awesome/web/service' http = Net::HTTP::Persistent.new 'my_app_name' # perform a GET response = http.request uri # create a POST post_uri = uri + 'create' post = Net::HTTP::Post.new post_uri.path post.set_form_data 'some' => 'cool data' # perform the POST, the URI is always required response http.request post_uri, post
SSL connections are automatically created depending upon the scheme of the URI. SSL connections are automatically verified against the default certificate store for your computer. You can override this by changing verify_mode or by specifying an alternate cert_store.
Here are the SSL settings, see the individual methods for documentation:
certificate : | This client‘s certificate |
ca_file : | The certificate-authority |
cert_store : | An SSL certificate store |
private_key : | The client‘s SSL private key |
reuse_ssl_sessions : | Reuse a previously opened SSL session for a new connection |
ssl_version : | Which specific SSL version to use |
verify_callback : | For server certificate verification |
verify_mode : | How connections should be verified |
A proxy can be set through proxy= or at initialization time by providing a second argument to ::new. The proxy may be the URI of the proxy server or :ENV which will consult environment variables.
See proxy= and proxy_from_env for details.
Headers may be specified for use in every request. headers are appended to any headers on the request. override_headers replace existing headers on the request.
The difference between the two can be seen in setting the User-Agent. Using http.headers[‘User-Agent’] = ‘MyUserAgent‘ will send "Ruby, MyUserAgent" while http.override_headers[‘User-Agent’] = ‘MyUserAgent‘ will send "MyUserAgent".
By providing an application name to ::new you can separate your connections from the connections of other applications.
If a connection hasn‘t been used for 5 seconds it will automatically be reset upon the next use to avoid attempting to send to a closed connection. This can be adjusted through idle_timeout.
Reducing this value may help avoid the "too many connection resets" error when sending non-idempotent requests while increasing this value will cause fewer round-trips.
The amount of time allowed between reading two chunks from the socket. Set through read_timeout
The amount of time to wait for a connection to be opened. Set through open_timeout.
If a connection has not been used in this many seconds it will be reset when a request would use the connection. The default idle timeout is unlimited. If you know the server‘s idle timeout setting this value will eliminate failures from attempting non-idempotent requests on closed connections. Set through idle_timeout.
Socket options may be set on newly-created connections. See socket_options for details.
By default non-idempotent requests will not be retried per RFC 2616. By setting retry_change_requests to true requests will automatically be retried once.
Only do this when you know that retrying a POST or other non-idempotent request is safe for your application and will not create duplicate resources.
The recommended way to handle non-idempotent requests is the following:
require 'net/http/persistent' uri = URI 'http://example.com/awesome/web/service' post_uri = uri + 'create' http = Net::HTTP::Persistent.new 'my_app_name' post = Net::HTTP::Post.new post_uri.path # ... fill in POST request begin response = http.request post_uri, post rescue Net::HTTP::Persistent::Error # POST failed, make a new request to verify the server did not process # the request exists_uri = uri + '...' response = http.get exists_uri # Retry if it failed retry if response.code == '404' end
The method of determining if the resource was created or not is unique to the particular service you are using. Of course, you will want to add protection from infinite looping.
VERSION | = | '2.5.2' | The version of Net::HTTP::Persistent you are using |
ca_file | [R] | An SSL certificate authority. Setting this will set verify_mode to VERIFY_PEER. |
cert_store | [R] | An SSL certificate store. Setting this will override the default certificate store. See verify_mode for more information. |
certificate | [R] | This client‘s OpenSSL::X509::Certificate |
debug_output | [RW] |
Sends debug_output to this IO via Net::HTTP#set_debug_output.
Never use this method in production code, it causes a serious security hole. |
headers | [R] | Headers that are added to every request using Net::HTTP#add_field |
http_versions | [R] | Maps host:port to an HTTP version. This allows us to enable version specific features. |
idle_timeout | [RW] | Maximum time an unused connection can remain idle before being automatically closed. |
keep_alive | [RW] |
The value sent in the Keep-Alive header. Defaults to 30. Not needed for HTTP/1.1 servers.
This may not work correctly for HTTP/1.0 servers This method may be removed in a future version as RFC 2616 does not require this header. |
name | [R] | A name for this connection. Allows you to keep your connections apart from everybody else‘s. |
open_timeout | [RW] | Seconds to wait until a connection is opened. See Net::HTTP#open_timeout |
override_headers | [R] | Headers that are added to every request using Net::HTTP#[]= |
private_key | [R] | This client‘s SSL private key |
proxy_uri | [R] | The URL through which requests will be proxied |
read_timeout | [RW] | Seconds to wait until reading one block. See Net::HTTP#read_timeout |
retry_change_requests | [RW] |
Enable retries of non-idempotent requests that change data (e.g. POST
requests) when the server has disconnected.
This will in the worst case lead to multiple requests with the same data, but it may be useful for some applications. Take care when enabling this option to ensure it is safe to POST or perform other non-idempotent requests to the server. |
reuse_ssl_sessions | [RW] |
By default SSL sessions are reused to avoid extra SSL handshakes. Set this
to false if you have problems communicating with an HTTPS server like:
SSL_connect [...] read finished A: unexpected message (OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError) |
socket_options | [R] |
An array of options for Socket#setsockopt.
By default the TCP_NODELAY option is set on sockets. To set additional options append them to this array: http.socket_options << [Socket::SOL_SOCKET, Socket::SO_KEEPALIVE, 1] |
ssl_version | [R] |
SSL version to use.
By default, the version will be negotiated automatically between client and server. Ruby 1.9 and newer only. |
verify_callback | [R] | SSL verification callback. Used when ca_file is set. |
verify_mode | [R] |
HTTPS verify mode. Defaults to OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER which verifies the
server certificate.
If no ca_file or cert_store is set the default system certificate store is used. You can use verify_mode to override any default values. |
Creates a new Net::HTTP::Persistent.
Set name to keep your connections apart from everybody else‘s. Not required currently, but highly recommended. Your library name should be good enough. This parameter will be required in a future version.
proxy may be set to a URI::HTTP or :ENV to pick up proxy options from the environment. See proxy_from_env for details.
In order to use a URI for the proxy you may need to do some extra work beyond URI parsing if the proxy requires a password:
proxy = URI 'http://proxy.example' proxy.user = 'AzureDiamond' proxy.password = 'hunter2'
Pipelines requests to the HTTP server at uri yielding responses if a block is given. Returns all responses recieved.
See Net::HTTP::Pipeline for further details.
Only if net-http-pipeline was required before net-http-persistent pipeline will be present.
Sets the proxy server. The proxy may be the URI of the proxy server, the symbol +:ENV+ which will read the proxy from the environment or nil to disable use of a proxy. See proxy_from_env for details on setting the proxy from the environment.
If the proxy URI is set after requests have been made, the next request will shut-down and re-open all connections.
If you are making some requests through a proxy and others without a proxy use separate Net::Http::Persistent instances.
Creates a URI for an HTTP proxy server from ENV variables.
If HTTP_PROXY is set a proxy will be returned.
If HTTP_PROXY_USER or HTTP_PROXY_PASS are set the URI is given the indicated user and password unless HTTP_PROXY contains either of these in the URI.
For Windows users, lowercase ENV variables are preferred over uppercase ENV variables.
Makes a request on uri. If req is nil a Net::HTTP::Get is performed against uri.
If a block is passed request behaves like Net::HTTP#request (the body of the response will not have been read).
req must be a Net::HTTPRequest subclass (see Net::HTTP for a list).
If there is an error and the request is idempontent according to RFC 2616 it will be retried automatically.
Shuts down all connections for thread.
Uses the current thread by default.
If you‘ve used Net::HTTP::Persistent across multiple threads you should call this in each thread when you‘re done making HTTP requests.
NOTE: Calling shutdown for another thread can be dangerous!
If the thread is still using the connection it may cause an error! It is best to call shutdown in the thread at the appropriate time instead!
Shuts down all connections in all threads
NOTE: THIS METHOD IS VERY DANGEROUS!
Do not call this method if other threads are still using their connections! Call shutdown at the appropriate time instead!
Use this method only as a last resort!