软件包: libhttpclient-ruby1.8 (2.1.5.2-2) [universe]

HTTP client library for ruby (ruby 1.8 version)

httpclient gives something like the functionality of libwww-perl (LWP) in Ruby.

Features:

   * methods like GET/HEAD/POST/* via HTTP/1.1.
   * HTTPS(SSL), Cookies, proxy, authentication(Digest, NTLM, Basic), etc.
   * asynchronous HTTP request, streaming HTTP request.
   * by contrast with net/http in standard distribution;
         o Cookies support
         o MT-safe
         o streaming POST (POST with File/IO)
         o Digest auth
         o Negotiate/NTLM auth for WWW-Authenticate (requires net/htlm module)
         o NTLM auth for WWW-Authenticate/Proxy-Authenticate (requires
           win32/sspi module)
         o extensible with filter interface
         o you don't have to care HTTP/1.1 persistent connection (httpclient
           cares instead of you).

This package is built for ruby 1.8.