From: Francis Cianfrocca <garbagecat10@...>
Date: 2007-12-25T02:20:21+09:00
Subject: Re: notify a web-service: sending non-blocking http requests

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On Dec 24, 2007 7:47 AM, d c <lister@pikkle.com> wrote:

> hi -
>
> i want to notify a webservice of something, but not wait for the
> response. whats the best way to do this?
>
> is there a way to use a GET call to just send a request and then continue?
>


If you're able to use the Ruby/EventMachine library, it solves this problem
easily. Whether you can use it depends on the structure of your program.

The HTTP client inside of EM returns a "Deferrable" object, which
synchronously notifies your program when the HTTP request completes.

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