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Hurl makes HTTP requests.

Enter a URL, set some headers, view the response, then share it with others. Perfect for demoing and debugging APIs.

(Full Story: http://www.hurl.it/ )

Ruby Net-http Cheat Sheet – GitHub

Ruby Net::HTTP cheat sheetA bunch of common HTTP use cases implemented with Ruby’s Net::HTTP library.

(Full Story: Ruby Net-http Cheat Sheet – GitHub)

Understanding HTTP Caching

Everything to do with how an entity is served and often times whether an entity-body is served is controlled through http headers. There are two different sets of headers in HTTP: request headers and response headers.
(Link: Understanding HTTP Caching)

Breath fire over HTTP in Ruby with Typhoeus

Typhoeus is a fearsome Ruby library that enables parallel HTTP requests while cleanly encapsulating handling logic. Specifically, it uses libcurl and libcurl-multi to run HTTP really fast. Further, it’s designed with the focus of creating client libraries that work with web services. These could be external services like Twitter or systems like CouchDB and SimpleDB or custom web services that you write yourself.
(Link: Breath fire over HTTP in Ruby with Typhoeus)

Rex Swain's HTTP Viewer

Great HTTP debugging tool. See exactly what an HTTP request returns to your browser
(Link: Rex Swain’s HTTP Viewer)


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