Easy took to perform http request with pool and keep-alive support

httpick.rb

require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
require 'json'
require 'hashie'

# Simple HTTP access, with embed JSON parsing, pooling and keep-alive support. Especially useful
# for API access over https. Requires json support and gem 'hashie'.
#
# v2 by real.sergeyhch@gmail.com
#
# Synopsis:
#
# connection = Httpick.new(url)
# connection.get path, [ ,headers: [] ], **params
#
# also available methods: post, put, patch, delete and head
#
# For more control see #request
#
class Httpick

  @@connections = {}

  # Create Httpick to acces a given host. Actual http connection will be either
  # taken from a pool or created (to use keep-alive at its best)
  def initialize uri
    uri.is_a?(URI) or uri = URI.parse(uri)
    @conn = @@connections[uri.host] ||= begin
      c         = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
      c.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'
      c.start
    end
    @uri  = uri
  end

  # Perform a request on the current connection, to use when the method could vary.
  #
  # @param [Object] method
  # @param [Object] path if not set, used uri passed on initialization
  # @param [Hash] headers
  # @param [Hash] params
  # @return [Httpick] instance, so you can chain it like httpick.request().json or like
  def request method, path: nil, headers: {}, params: {}
    path = path || @uri.path
    if method == 'GET' && params.size > 0
      path = path + '?' + params.map { |k, v| "#{k}=#{CGI::escape(v.to_s)}" }.join('&')
    end
    @req = case method
             when 'GET'
               Net::HTTP::Get.new(path)
             when 'PUT'
               Net::HTTP::Put.new(path)
             when 'POST'
               Net::HTTP::Post.new(path)
             when 'PATCH'
               Net::HTTP::Patch.new(path)
             when 'DELETE'
               Net::HTTP::Delete.new(path)
             when 'HEAD'
               Net::HTTP::Head.new(path)
             else
               raise ArgumentError, "unknown http method #{method}"
           end
    headers.each { |k, v|
      @req[k.to_s] = v.to_s
    }
    # p [:r, method, @uri.to_s, path, params]
    if method != 'GET' && params && params.size > 0
      @req.set_form_data params
    end
    @response = @conn.request @req
    self
  end

  # Perfrom request using connection pool/keep alive as possible
  # (userful to speed up sequences of https calls)
  def self.request uri, method: :get, headers: {}, params: {}
    method = method.to_s.upcase
    uri.is_a?(String) and uri = URI.parse(uri)

    h = HttpUtil.new uri
    h.request method, headers: headers, params: params
  end

  # response body
  def body
    @response.body
  end

  # Parse body that should be JSON
  # @return [Hashie::Mash] parsed body
  def json
    b = @response.body || "{}"
    Hashie::Mash.new JSON.parse(b)
  end

  # Same as #status
  def code
    @response.code.to_i
  end

  # response status as an integer value
  def status
    code
  end

  %w[get post put delete patch head].each do |m|
    Httpick.class_eval <<-End
      def #{m}(path, headers:{}, **params)
        request '#{m.upcase}', path: path, headers: headers, params: params
      end
    End
  end

end