requester.rb

require 'typhoeus'

class Requester

  def self.make_request(url, request_params, method)

    hydra = Typhoeus::Hydra.new
    request = Typhoeus::Request.new(url,
                                    :timeout => 100000,
                                    :cache_timeout => 60,
                                    :method => method,
                                    :verbose => true,
                                    :params => request_params )

    request.on_complete do |response|

      if response.success?

        return response.body

      elsif response.code == 202
    
        return response.body

      elsif response.timed_out?

        print "Server Response URL got a time out"
        return false

      elsif response.code == 0

        # Could not get an http response, something's wrong
        print "#{response.curl_error_message}"
        return false

      else

        # Received a non-successful htpp response.
        print "HTTP request failed: #{response.code.to_s}"
        return false

      end

    end

    hydra.queue(request)
    hydra.run

  end

end