From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2011-07-23T06:56:35+09:00
Subject: Re: open localhost url


On Jul 22, 2011, at 11:59 AM, Smp Mp 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?
> 
> Timeout::Error (execution expired):
>  C:/jruby-1.4.0/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:135:in `rbuf_fill'
>  C:/jruby-1.4.0/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:134:in `rbuf_fill'
>  C:/jruby-1.4.0/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:116:in `readuntil'
>  C:/jruby-1.4.0/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:126:in `readline'
>  C:/jruby-1.4.0/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:2020:in `read_status_line'
>  C:/jruby-1.4.0/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:2009:in `read_new'
>  C:/jruby-1.4.0/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:1050:in `request'
>  app/controllers/documents/test_controller.rb:123:in `index'
>  C:/jruby-1.4.0/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:543:in `start'
>  app/controllers/documents/test_controller.rb:118:in `index'
>  C:/jruby-1.4.0/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:104:in `service'
>  C:/jruby-1.4.0/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:65:in `run'
>  C:/jruby-1.4.0/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:173:in `start_thread'
>  C:/jruby-1.4.0/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:162:in `start'
>  C:/jruby-1.4.0/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:162:in `start_thread'
>  C:/jruby-1.4.0/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:95:in `start'
>  C:/jruby-1.4.0/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:92:in `each'
>  C:/jruby-1.4.0/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:92:in `start'
>  C:/jruby-1.4.0/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:23:in `start'
>  C:/jruby-1.4.0/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:82:in `start'
>  script\server:3

I would bet that the server only allows one request at a time, so trying to perform an HTTP request against yourself won't work.

This makes me wonder why you're performing an HTTP request against yourself and not calling yourself internally using ruby.