httpclient

gives something like the functionality of libwww-perl (LWP) in Ruby

Ranking: 88 of 187,224

Downloads: 449,740,025

Ranking: 101 of 187,196

Downloads: 314,218

Rank	Downloads	Name
115	352,900,764	webmock
163	272,412,121	faraday-httpclient
653	79,208,898	algoliasearch
914	50,351,531	gitlab-labkit
964	46,702,849	airbrake
1,043	42,481,748	select2-rails
1,086	39,947,186	pusher
1,591	21,269,594	winrm
1,772	16,523,153	authy
1,862	14,835,016	opensearch-transport
2,090	11,014,520	google-ads-common
2,359	8,369,012	sniffer
2,367	8,322,614	ridley
2,433	7,846,898	httplog
2,451	7,731,498	pubnub
2,565	7,050,059	firebase
2,997	4,984,673	fluent-plugin-sumologic_output
3,403	3,534,183	cf-uaa-lib
3,511	3,280,330	boxr
3,614	3,055,423	td-client

Rank	Downloads	Name
394	114,115,545	mutex_m