Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 20:29:17 +0000 (UTC) From: "Philip M. Gollucci" <pgollucci@FreeBSD.org> To: ports-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: cvs commit: ports/www Makefile ports/www/rubygem-httpclient Makefile distinfo pkg-descr Message-ID: <200904082029.n38KTHwh030568@repoman.freebsd.org>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
pgollucci 2009-04-08 20:29:17 UTC FreeBSD ports repository Modified files: www Makefile Added files: www/rubygem-httpclient Makefile distinfo pkg-descr Log: httpclient gives something like the functionality of libwww-perl (LWP) in Ruby. httpclient formerly known as http-access2. 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 Proxy-Authenticate (requires win32/sspi module) o extensible with filter interface o you dont have to care HTTP/1.1 persistent connection (httpclient cares instead of you) * Not supported now o Cache o Rather advanced HTTP/1.1 usage such as Range, deflate, etc. (of course you can set it in header by yourself) For more detail, see API document at dev.ctor.org/doc/httpclient/ WWW: http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/httpclient/ Sponsored by: RideCharge Inc. Revision Changes Path 1.2313 +1 -0 ports/www/Makefile 1.1 +21 -0 ports/www/rubygem-httpclient/Makefile (new) 1.1 +3 -0 ports/www/rubygem-httpclient/distinfo (new) 1.1 +23 -0 ports/www/rubygem-httpclient/pkg-descr (new)
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200904082029.n38KTHwh030568>