RemoteFetcher handles the details of fetching gems and gem information from a remote source.

Attributes
Read & Write
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Class Methods

Cached RemoteFetcher instance.

Initialize a remote fetcher using the source URI and possible proxy information.

proxy

  • [String]: explicit specification of proxy; overrides any environment

    variable setting
    
  • nil: respect environment variables (HTTP_PROXY, HTTP_PROXY_USER,

    HTTP_PROXY_PASS)
  • :no_proxy: ignore environment variables and _don’t_ use a proxy

headers: A set of additional HTTP headers to be sent to the server when

fetching the gem.
Instance Methods

Downloads uri to path if necessary. If no path is given, it just passes the data.

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Moves the gem spec from source_uri to the cache dir unless it is already there. If the source_uri is local the gem cache dir copy is always replaced.

Given a name and requirement, downloads this gem into cache and returns the filename. Returns nil if the gem cannot be located.

File Fetcher. Dispatched by fetch_path. Use it instead.

HTTP Fetcher. Dispatched by fetch_path. Use it instead.

Downloads uri and returns it as a String.

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Performs a Gem::Net::HTTP request of type request_class on uri returning a Gem::Net::HTTP response object. request maintains a table of persistent connections to reduce connect overhead.

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