Class to handle connections to remote web services. This class is used by ActiveResource::Base to interface with REST services.

Methods
Constants
HTTP_FORMAT_HEADER_NAMES = { :get => 'Accept', :put => 'Content-Type', :post => 'Content-Type', :delete => 'Accept', :head => 'Accept'
Attributes
[RW] format
[R] password
[R] proxy
[R] site
[R] ssl_options
[R] timeout
[R] user
Public Class methods
new(site, format = ActiveResource::Formats[:xml])

The site parameter is required and will set the site attribute to the URI for the remote resource service.

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     # File activeresource/lib/active_resource/connection.rb, line 96
 96:     def initialize(site, format = ActiveResource::Formats[:xml])
 97:       raise ArgumentError, 'Missing site URI' unless site
 98:       @user = @password = nil
 99:       self.site = site
100:       self.format = format
101:     end
requests()

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    # File activeresource/lib/active_resource/connection.rb, line 89
89:       def requests
90:         @@requests ||= []
91:       end
Public Instance methods
delete(path, headers = {})

Execute a DELETE request (see HTTP protocol documentation if unfamiliar). Used to delete resources.

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     # File activeresource/lib/active_resource/connection.rb, line 143
143:     def delete(path, headers = {})
144:       request(:delete, path, build_request_headers(headers, :delete))
145:     end
get(path, headers = {})

Execute a GET request. Used to get (find) resources.

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     # File activeresource/lib/active_resource/connection.rb, line 137
137:     def get(path, headers = {})
138:       format.decode(request(:get, path, build_request_headers(headers, :get)).body)
139:     end
head(path, headers = {})

Execute a HEAD request. Used to obtain meta-information about resources, such as whether they exist and their size (via response headers).

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     # File activeresource/lib/active_resource/connection.rb, line 161
161:     def head(path, headers = {})
162:       request(:head, path, build_request_headers(headers, :head))
163:     end
password=(password)

Set password for remote service.

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     # File activeresource/lib/active_resource/connection.rb, line 121
121:     def password=(password)
122:       @password = password
123:     end
post(path, body = '', headers = {})

Execute a POST request. Used to create new resources.

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     # File activeresource/lib/active_resource/connection.rb, line 155
155:     def post(path, body = '', headers = {})
156:       request(:post, path, body.to_s, build_request_headers(headers, :post))
157:     end
proxy=(proxy)

Set the proxy for remote service.

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     # File activeresource/lib/active_resource/connection.rb, line 111
111:     def proxy=(proxy)
112:       @proxy = proxy.is_a?(URI) ? proxy : URI.parse(proxy)
113:     end
put(path, body = '', headers = {})

Execute a PUT request (see HTTP protocol documentation if unfamiliar). Used to update resources.

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     # File activeresource/lib/active_resource/connection.rb, line 149
149:     def put(path, body = '', headers = {})
150:       request(:put, path, body.to_s, build_request_headers(headers, :put))
151:     end
site=(site)

Set URI for remote service.

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     # File activeresource/lib/active_resource/connection.rb, line 104
104:     def site=(site)
105:       @site = site.is_a?(URI) ? site : URI.parse(site)
106:       @user = URI.decode(@site.user) if @site.user
107:       @password = URI.decode(@site.password) if @site.password
108:     end
ssl_options=(opts={})

Hash of options applied to Net::HTTP instance when site protocol is ‘https’.

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     # File activeresource/lib/active_resource/connection.rb, line 131
131:     def ssl_options=(opts={})
132:       @ssl_options = opts
133:     end
timeout=(timeout)

Set the number of seconds after which HTTP requests to the remote service should time out.

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     # File activeresource/lib/active_resource/connection.rb, line 126
126:     def timeout=(timeout)
127:       @timeout = timeout
128:     end
user=(user)

Set the user for remote service.

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     # File activeresource/lib/active_resource/connection.rb, line 116
116:     def user=(user)
117:       @user = user
118:     end