gistfile1.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'json'
require 'typhoeus'
require 'net/http'

class CouchDB
  include Typhoeus
  remote_defaults :on_success => lambda {|response| JSON.parse(response.body)},
                  :on_failure => lambda {|response| puts "error code: #{response.code}"},
                  :base_uri   => "http://127.0.0.1:5984/couch-test-db" 

  define_remote_method :doc, :path => '/document-id'
end

tstart_time = Time.now
100.times do
  p CouchDB.doc.to_s.to_f
end
puts "sleep 45s"
sleep 45
100.times do
  p CouchDB.doc.to_s.to_f
end
ttime = Time.now - tstart_time

nstart_time = Time.now

def connection
  Net::HTTP.new("127.0.0.1", 5984)
end
def request
  @request ||= Proc.new { @http.request(Net::HTTP::Get.new("/couch-test-db/document-id")) }
end
@net = connection
@http = @net.start

def get_doc
  begin
    res = request.call
  rescue Errno::ECONNRESET
    p "rescue"
    @net = connection
    @http = @net.start
    res = request.call
  end
  p JSON.parse(res.body).to_s.to_f
end

100.times do
  get_doc
end
puts 'sleep 45s'
# forcing a connection error rescue
sleep 45
100.times do
  get_doc
end
etime = Time.now - nstart_time

p "typhoeus total time: #{ttime}"
p "net/http total time: #{etime}"
p "net/http was #{etime - ttime}s faster/slower"