gistfile1.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'eventmachine'

class Example < EventMachine::Connection
	def receive_data data
		send_data "EventMachine minimal server\n\n-----\n#{data}-----\n#{request(data).inspect}"
		puts request(data).inspect
		close_connection_after_writing
	end

	private
		# headers_2_hash from EM::P::HeaderAndContentProtocol
		def request headers
			hash = {}
			headers.each { |h|
				if /\A([^\s:]+)\s*:\s*/ =~ h
					tail = $'.dup
					hash[ $1.downcase.gsub(/-/,"_").intern ] = tail.gsub(/\r\n/, "")
				else
					ar = h.gsub(/\r\n/,"").split("\s")
					hash[:method] ||= ar[0]
					hash[:uri] ||= ar[1]
					hash[:protocol] ||= ar[2]
				end
			}
			hash
		end
end

EventMachine::run {
	puts "\nServer started at localhost:8888\n\n"

	EventMachine.epoll
	EventMachine::start_server "0.0.0.0", 8888, Example
}