httpclient

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

Ranking: 92 of 183,043

Downloads: 368,112,001

Ranking: 110 of 183,032

Downloads: 118,693

Rank	Downloads	Name
120	286,934,118	webmock
169	213,430,988	faraday-httpclient
218	160,342,666	google-apis-core
667	64,294,002	algoliasearch
880	43,766,452	airbrake
921	41,429,312	gitlab-labkit
986	37,864,745	select2-rails
1,013	35,998,115	pusher
1,490	19,000,344	winrm
1,636	15,536,352	authy
1,762	13,049,100	opensearch-transport
1,936	10,395,664	google-ads-common
2,138	8,202,077	ridley
2,339	6,891,336	pubnub
2,364	6,716,826	sniffer
2,416	6,429,688	httplog
2,526	5,883,173	firebase
2,814	4,560,207	fluent-plugin-sumologic_output
3,150	3,486,823	cf-uaa-lib
3,392	2,889,896	td-client

Rank	Downloads	Name