httpclient

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

Ranking: 88 of 189,083

Downloads: 475,570,788

Ranking: 101 of 189,069

Downloads: 306,208

Rank	Downloads	Name
115	370,858,674	webmock
158	291,704,620	faraday-httpclient
616	84,103,214	algoliasearch
933	50,744,391	gitlab-labkit
987	47,791,367	airbrake
1,042	44,093,814	select2-rails
1,094	41,347,194	pusher
1,606	21,877,897	winrm
1,827	16,775,173	authy
1,907	15,250,731	opensearch-transport
2,147	11,171,005	google-ads-common
2,349	8,819,846	sniffer
2,410	8,362,483	ridley
2,427	8,257,372	httplog
2,472	7,951,897	pubnub
2,575	7,343,517	firebase
3,052	5,053,803	fluent-plugin-sumologic_output
3,472	3,553,527	cf-uaa-lib
3,516	3,446,664	boxr
3,666	3,112,678	td-client

Rank	Downloads	Name
327	140,529,826	mutex_m