From: Hassan Schroeder <hassan.schroeder@...>
Date: 2011-07-23T06:46:36+09:00
Subject: Re: open localhost url

On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Smp Mp <sharnelp@gmail.com> wrote:

> When I call call the below code I get a timeout.

> http_object = Net::HTTP.new("localhost", "3000")
> hresp, data =
> http_object.get("/documents/wdocs/generatedata?"+query_string ,"", nil)
>
> But when application is running on port 3000 and a copy of the same
> application is running on a different port(3001) , then it works fine.
>
> http_object = Net::HTTP.new("localhost", "3001")
> hresp, data =
> http_object.get("/documents/wdocs/generatedata?"+query_string ,"", nil)
>
> the code is called from test_controller. is there any way i could call
> the url?

Not using Webrick  -- that's a single-threaded server, so it can't
respond to your request until it finishes what it's doing -- sending
your request. Which obviously doesn't work too well.  :-)

If you were running something multi-threaded, e.g. multiple unicorns,
Passenger, etc. it would be fine, if architecturally sketchy (IMO).

HTH,
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