Update from Net::HTTP to a more robust HTTP library

[elifoster]

You really shouldn't be using Net/HTTP for production applications.
Here are many reasons why you should not use Net/HTTP:

• single-threaded
• poor connection design
  • opt-in to keep-alive
  • poor SSL support
• does not support cookies
• cannot follow redirects
• It is one of the slowest HTTP clients for Ruby

I would recommend using one of the libcurl libraries, or one of the "original" ones (not built on top of Net/HTTP like most of the clients), such as curb, em-http-request, or the oldest and my personal favorite, httpclient.

Here's a nice slideshare to provide some statistical information regarding Ruby HTTP clients, made by Hiroshi Nakamura, Ruby developer and developer of HTTPClient: http://www.slideshare.net/HiroshiNakamura/rubyhttp-clients-comparison

[amcoder]

Good points. It should be updated to a more robust HTTP library. I'll take a look at your suggested options.

[edwanvi]

It's been several months...any updates?

[amcoder]

@tkdberger Not right now. I haven't had much time to work on this recently and this is a low-priority change for me since the app is working at the moment.