ServiceStack Ruby Client

Ruby client library for ServiceStack - a simple, fast, versatile and highly productive full-featured Web and Web Services Framework. ServiceStack Ruby HTTP Client Library for consuming ServiceStack web services.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'servicestack'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install servicestack

Usage

Basic Usage

require 'servicestack'

# Create a client instance
client = ServiceStack::Client.new('https://api.example.com')

# Make a GET request
response = client.get('users')

# Make a POST request
response = client.post('users', { name: 'John Doe', email: '[email protected]' })

# Make a PUT request
response = client.put('users/1', { name: 'Jane Doe' })

# Make a PATCH request
response = client.patch('users/1', { email: '[email protected]' })

# Make a DELETE request
response = client.delete('users/1')

With Query Parameters

# GET request with query parameters
response = client.get('users', { page: 1, per_page: 10 })

Configuring Timeouts

# Configure custom timeouts (in seconds)
client = ServiceStack::Client.new(
  'https://api.example.com',
  timeout: 30,        # Request timeout
  open_timeout: 15    # Connection timeout
)

# Or set timeouts after initialization
client.timeout = 30
client.open_timeout = 15

Error Handling

The client raises ServiceStack::Error for HTTP errors:

begin
  response = client.get('users/999')
rescue ServiceStack::Error => e
  puts "Error: #{e.message}"
end

Development

After checking out the repo, run bundle install to install dependencies. Then, run rake test to run the tests.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install.

Running Tests

bundle exec rake test

Building the Gem

bundle exec rake build

This will create a .gem file in the pkg directory.

Releasing

To release a new version:

1. Update the version number in lib/servicestack/version.rb
2. Update the CHANGELOG.md with the changes
3. Commit the changes
4. Run bundle exec rake release to create a git tag, build the gem, and push it to RubyGems

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/ServiceStack/servicestack-ruby.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.