httpclient

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

Ranking: 90 of 191,455

Downloads: 491,033,611

Ranking: 118 of 191,429

Downloads: 243,719

Rank	Downloads	Name
117	383,832,336	webmock
159	304,130,786	faraday-httpclient
594	87,261,854	algoliasearch
948	51,061,842	gitlab-labkit
999	48,437,041	airbrake
1,045	45,063,046	select2-rails
1,098	42,238,639	pusher
1,614	22,288,546	winrm
1,862	16,893,522	authy
1,927	15,560,960	opensearch-transport
2,174	11,300,321	google-ads-common
2,351	9,086,920	sniffer
2,423	8,542,441	httplog
2,447	8,382,612	ridley
2,486	8,128,126	pubnub
2,600	7,562,219	firebase
3,070	5,136,747	fluent-plugin-sumologic_output
3,525	3,571,902	cf-uaa-lib
3,535	3,554,631	boxr
3,696	3,161,064	couchrest

Rank	Downloads	Name
310	157,186,622	mutex_m