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Making HTTP Requests in Ruby with the httpx Gem

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Feb 5, 2024

The httpx gem provides a simple and flexible way to make HTTP requests in Ruby, with features like persistent connections and timeouts. It's great for APIs, web scraping, and tasks involving HTTP requests.

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