httpclient

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

Ranking: 89 of 190,280

Downloads: 485,343,869

Ranking: 121 of 190,253

Downloads: 219,429

Rank	Downloads	Name
117	378,519,323	webmock
159	299,614,090	faraday-httpclient
602	86,099,753	algoliasearch
944	50,964,345	gitlab-labkit
996	48,192,455	airbrake
1,045	44,674,865	select2-rails
1,099	41,878,724	pusher
1,606	22,132,944	winrm
1,850	16,851,809	authy
1,916	15,450,376	opensearch-transport
2,165	11,239,376	google-ads-common
2,349	8,977,364	sniffer
2,425	8,429,338	httplog
2,433	8,375,321	ridley
2,484	8,055,628	pubnub
2,600	7,464,087	firebase
3,063	5,116,228	fluent-plugin-sumologic_output
3,515	3,563,768	cf-uaa-lib
3,533	3,515,214	boxr
3,685	3,138,850	couchrest

Rank	Downloads	Name
316	151,014,668	mutex_m