threaded_httparty.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'httparty'
require 'benchmark'
require 'thread'

class Google
  include HTTParty
  base_uri 'http://google.com'

  def self.benchmark
    puts "#{name} took #{Benchmark.realtime { get('/') }}"
  end
end

class TheChangeLog
  include HTTParty
  base_uri 'http://thechangelog.com/'

  def self.benchmark
    puts "#{name} took #{Benchmark.realtime { get('/') }}"
  end
end

def non_threaded
  Google.benchmark
  TheChangeLog.benchmark
end

def threaded
  threads = []
  threads << Thread.new { Google.benchmark }
  threads << Thread.new { TheChangeLog.benchmark}
  threads.each {|t| t.join}
end

def run(type)
  puts "Running #{type.to_s.capitalize}"
  total = Benchmark.realtime { send(type) }
  puts "Total time: #{total}\n\n"
end

run(:non_threaded)
run(:threaded)

=begin
Sample Results:

Running Non_threaded
Google took 1.28137707710266
TheChangeLog took 1.66646480560303
Total time: 2.94795608520508

Running Threaded
TheChangeLog took 0.342212915420532
Google took 0.89379620552063
Total time: 0.893890142440796
=end