method

request

v1_8_7_72 - Show latest stable - 0 notes - Class: Net::HTTP

request(req, body = nil) public

Sends an HTTPRequest object REQUEST to the HTTP server. This method also sends DATA string if REQUEST is a post/put request. Giving DATA for get/head request causes ArgumentError.

When called with a block, yields an HTTPResponse object. The body of this response will not have been read yet; the caller can process it using HTTPResponse#read_body, if desired.

Returns a HTTPResponse object.

This method never raises Net::* exceptions.

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# File lib/net/http.rb, line 1033
    def request(req, body = nil, &block)  # :yield: +response+
      unless started?
        start {
          req['connection'] ||= 'close'
          return request(req, body, &block)
        }
      end
      if proxy_user()
        unless use_ssl?
          req.proxy_basic_auth proxy_user(), proxy_pass()
        end
      end

      req.set_body_internal body
      begin_transport req
        req.exec @socket, @curr_http_version, edit_path(req.path)
        begin
          res = HTTPResponse.read_new(@socket)
        end while res.kind_of?(HTTPContinue)
        res.reading_body(@socket, req.response_body_permitted?) {
          yield res if block_given?
        }
      end_transport req, res

      res
    end

request

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