Dequotes an RFC 2616 quoted-string.

require "http"

quoted = %q(\"foo\\bar\")
HTTP.dequote_string(quoted) # => %q("foo\bar")

Format a Time object as a String using the format specified as sane-cookie-date by RFC 6265 which is according to RFC 2616 a RFC 1123 format with explicit timezone GMT (interpreted as UTC).

require "http"

HTTP.format_time(Time.utc(2016, 2, 15)) # => "Mon, 15 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMT"

Uses Time::Format::HTTP_DATE as formatter.

Parse a time string using the formats specified by RFC 2616

require "http"

HTTP.parse_time("Sun, 14 Feb 2016 21:00:00 GMT")  # => "2016-02-14 21:00:00 UTC"
HTTP.parse_time("Sunday, 14-Feb-16 21:00:00 GMT") # => "2016-02-14 21:00:00 UTC"
HTTP.parse_time("Sun Feb 14 21:00:00 2016")       # => "2016-02-14 21:00:00 UTC"

Uses Time::Format::HTTP_DATE as parser.

Encodes a string to an RFC 2616 quoted-string. Encoded string is written to io. May raise when string contains an invalid character.

require "http"

string = %q("foo\ bar")
io = IO::Memory.new
HTTP.quote_string(string, io)
io.rewind
io.gets_to_end # => %q(\"foo\\\ bar\")

Encodes a string to an RFC 2616 quoted-string. May raise when string contains an invalid character.

require "http"

string = %q("foo\ bar")
HTTP.quote_string(string) # => %q(\"foo\\\ bar\")