link_header README
Parse and format HTTP link headers as described in the draft spec tools.ietf.org/id/draft-nottingham-http-link-header-06.txt, also the equivalent HTML link elements.
Description
Converts conforming link headers to and from text, LinkHeader objects and corresponding (JSON-friendly) Array representations, also HTML link elements.
Installation
sudo gem install link_header
Usage
require "link_header"
LinkHeader.parse('<http://example.com/foo>; rel="self", <http://example.com/>; rel = "up"').to_a
#=> [["http://example.com/foo", [["rel", "self"]]],
["http://example.com/", [["rel", "up"]]]]
LinkHeader.new([
["http://example.com/foo", [["rel", "self"]]],
["http://example.com/", [["rel", "up"]]]]).to_s
#=> '<http://example.com/foo>; rel="self", <http://example.com/>; rel = "up"'
For more information see the LinkHeader and LinkHeader::Link classes (both defined in lib/link_header.rb).
Author
Mike Burrows (asplake), email [email protected], website positiveincline.com