snippet.rb

require "rubygems"
require "curb"
require "sinatra/base"

class App < Sinatra::Base

  get "/" do
    "get"
  end
  
  delete "/" do
    "delete"
  end
  
  
end
  

curb = Curl::Easy.new
curb.url = "http://localhost:1234/"

begin
  curb.http_delete
rescue Curl::Err::ConnectionFailedError
  puts "rescued delete"
end

Thread.new do
  Rack::Handler::WEBrick.run(App.new, :Port => 1234)
end

sleep 2
curb.http_get
p curb.body_str

__END__
rescued delete
[2010-06-11 18:51:43] INFO  WEBrick 1.3.1
[2010-06-11 18:51:43] INFO  ruby 1.9.1 (2010-01-10) [i386-darwin9.8.0]
[2010-06-11 18:51:43] INFO  WEBrick::HTTPServer#start: pid=5853 port=1234
localhost - - [11/Jun/2010:18:51:45 CEST] "DELETE / HTTP/1.1" 200 6
"delete"