Show net/http module retries if the first one timed out over typhoeus

http_client_comparison.rb

require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
require 'typhoeus'

def get_response(url, request_timeout)
  # Raises exception on timeout
  url = URI(url)
  http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
  request = Net::HTTP::Get.new url
  http.read_timeout = request_timeout
  http.request request
end

def get_response_typhoeus(url, request_timeout)
  # Does not raise an exception but returns an object which tells us if the request timedout
  response = Typhoeus.get(url, timeout: request_timeout)
  puts "Request timeout out ? - #{response.timed_out?}"
  return response
end

local_dummy_server_url = "http://localhost:4569/"
timeout = 5

response1 = get_response(local_dummy_server_url, timeout)
puts response1.body

response2 = get_response_typhoeus(local_dummy_server_url, timeout)
puts response2.body

Use this as the dummy server - https://gist.github.com/raj454raj/2dd897b5b23d15b3d6ef7484091e2cf7