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RESTClient v2.1.0 Release Notes

Release Date: 2019-08-21 // over 4 years ago
    • ➕ Add a dependency on http-accept for parsing Content-Type charset headers. This works around a bad memory leak introduced in MRI Ruby 2.4.0 and fixed in Ruby 2.4.2. (#615)
    • 👉 Use mime/types/columnar from mime-types 2.6.1+, which is leaner in memory usage than the older storage model of mime-types. (#393)
    • ➕ Add :log option to individual requests. This allows users to set a log on a per-request / per-resource basis instead of the kludgy global log. (#538)
    • 🌲 Log request duration by tracking request start and end times. Make log_response a method on the Response object, and ensure the size method works on RawResponse objects. (#126)
      • # => 200 OK | text/html 1270 bytes, 0.08s
      • Also add a new :stream_log_percent parameter, which is applicable only when :raw_response => true is set. This causes progress logs to be emitted only on every N% (default 10%) of the total download size rather than on every chunk.
    • ⬇️ Drop custom handling of compression and use built-in Net::HTTP support for supported Content-Encodings like gzip and deflate. Don't set any explicit Accept-Encoding header, rely instead on Net::HTTP defaults. (#597)
      • Note: this changes behavior for compressed responses when using :raw_response => true. Previously the raw response would not have been uncompressed by rest-client, but now Net::HTTP will uncompress it.
    • The previous fix to avoid having Netrc username/password override an Authorization header was case-sensitive and incomplete. Fix this by respecting existing Authorization headers, regardless of letter case. (#550)
    • 🛰 Handle ParamsArray payloads. Previously, rest-client would silently drop a ParamsArray passed as the payload. Instead, automatically use Payload::Multipart if the ParamsArray contains a file handle, or use Payload::UrlEncoded if it doesn't. (#508)
    • 🛰 Gracefully handle Payload objects (Payload::Base or subclasses) that are passed as a payload argument. Previously, Payload.generate would wrap a Payload object in Payload::Streamed, creating a pointlessly nested payload. Also add a closed? method to Payload objects, and don't error in short_inspect if size returns nil. (#603)
    • ✅ Test with an image in the public domain to avoid licensing complexity. (#607)

Previous changes from v2.1.0.rc1

    • ➕ Add a dependency on http-accept for parsing Content-Type charset headers. This works around a bad memory leak introduced in Ruby 2.4.x (the leak is probably a bug in MRI). (#615)
    • 👉 Use mime/types/columnar from mime-types 2.6.1+, which is leaner in memory usage than the older storage model of mime-types. (#393)
    • ➕ Add :log option to individual requests. This allows users to set a log on a per-request / per-resource basis instead of the kludgy global log. (#538)
    • 🌲 Log request duration by tracking request start and end times. Make log_response a method on the Response object, and ensure the size method works on RawResponse objects. (#126)
      • # => 200 OK | text/html 1270 bytes, 0.08s
    • ⬇️ Drop custom handling of compression and use built-in Net::HTTP support for supported Content-Encodings like gzip and deflate. Don't set any explicit Accept-Encoding header, rely instead on Net::HTTP defaults. (#597)
      • Note: this changes behavior for compressed responses when using :raw_response => true. Previously the raw response would not have been uncompressed by rest-client, but now Net::HTTP will uncompress it.
    • The previous fix to avoid having Netrc username/password override an Authorization header was case-sensitive and incomplete. Fix this by respecting existing Authorization headers, regardless of letter case. (#550)
    • 🛰 Handle ParamsArray payloads. Previously, rest-client would silently drop a ParamsArray passed as the payload. Instead, automatically use Payload::Multipart if the ParamsArray contains a file handle, or use Payload::UrlEncoded if it doesn't. (#508)
    • 🛰 Gracefully handle Payload objects (Payload::Base or subclasses) that are passed as a payload argument. Previously, Payload.generate would wrap a Payload object in Payload::Streamed, creating a pointlessly nested payload. Also add a closed? method to Payload objects, and don't error in short_inspect if size returns nil. (#603)
    • ✅ Test with an image in the public domain to avoid licensing complexity. (#607)