From: Shiwei Zhang <shiwei.zhang@...>
Date: 2006-12-18T22:48:23+09:00
Subject: Re: request_get VS request VS get

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       There are really two "get" methods in Net::HTTP. But one is Class 
method Net::HTTP::get, and the other is Instance method 
Net::HTTP.get(Net::HTTP#get). So it is easy to differentiate these two 
get methods. Then our goal should be to differentiate the  following 3 
methods.
1) Net::HTTP#request_get
2) Net::HTTP#request
3) Net::HTTP#get
        Net::HTTP#request_get means to send a GET request to the path 
and get a response, as an HTTPResponse object. However Net::HTTP#request 
means to send an HTTPRequest object REQUEST to the HTTP server. I.e., 
The HTTPRequest object of Net::HTTP#request might be either get/head 
request or post/put request. This is the difference between it and 
Net::HTTP#request_get.
        Regarding Net::HTTP#get: In version 1.1 (ruby 1.6), it returns a 
pair of objects, a Net::HTTPResponse object and the entity body string; 
In version 1.2 (ruby 1.8), it returns a Net::HTTPResponse object. From 
ruby 1.8, I think, Net::HTTP#get has very little difference with 
Net::HTTP#request_get. The former method has a param named dest, which 
Net::HTTP#request_get doesn't have, as follows:
get(path, initheader = nil, dest = nil, &block)
         Moreover, there's been a method Net::HTTP#get2 that is 
identical to Net::HTTP#request_get.

Regards,
Shiwei
(The views expressed are my own and not necessarily those of Oracle and 
its affiliates.)

david@vallner.net wrote:

>Cit�t Mento Ruby <mento_ruby@hotmail.com>:
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>>wt's the different of using "request_get", "request" and "get" provided
>>in net/http library?
>>Both of them can get the reponse.body
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>Which get? I see both Net::HTTP::get, and Net::HTTP#get in the standard
>documentation.
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>Also, it seems for #request you provide the request header yourself, method,
>HTTP version and all, for #request_get you only provide the URL.
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>David Vallner
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