Added StreamlyFFI to the list of benchmark gems. Added a Benchmark.bmbm benchmark file. Fixed the tests path in the Rakefile.

Author: sgonyea

Gemfile

@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ group :benchmark do
   gem 'rest-client'
   gem 'tach', '0.0.5'
   gem 'typhoeus'
+  gem 'streamly_ffi'
 end

Rakefile

@@ -47,16 +47,16 @@ task :default => :test
 
 require 'rake/testtask'
 Rake::TestTask.new(:test) do |test|
-  test.libs << 'lib' << 'test'
-  test.pattern = 'test/**/test_*.rb'
+  test.libs << 'lib' << 'tests'
+  test.pattern = 'tests/**/test_*.rb'
   test.verbose = true
 end
 
 desc "Generate RCov test coverage and open in your browser"
 task :coverage do
   require 'rcov'
   sh "rm -fr coverage"
-  sh "rcov test/test_*.rb"
+  sh "rcov tests/test_*.rb"
   sh "open coverage/index.html"
 end
 

benchmarks/vs_for_url.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+require 'rubygems' if RUBY_VERSION < '1.9'
+require 'bundler'
+
+Bundler.require(:default)
+Bundler.require(:benchmark)
+
+require 'benchmark'
+require 'net/http'
+require 'open-uri'
+require 'uri'
+
+url   = ARGV[0] || "http://localhost:8080/" # nginx default
+uri   = URI.parse(url)
+iters = (ARGV[1] || 1000).to_i
+
+Benchmark.bmbm do |x|
+  x.report('em-http-request') do
+    iters.times do
+      EventMachine.run {
+        http = EventMachine::HttpRequest.new(url).get
+
+        http.callback {
+          http.response
+          EventMachine.stop
+        }
+      }
+    end
+  end
+
+  x.report('Excon') do
+    iters.times do
+      Excon.get(url).body
+    end
+  end
+
+  excon = Excon.new(url)
+  x.report('Excon (persistent)') do
+    iters.times do
+      excon.request(:method => 'get').body
+    end
+  end
+
+  x.report('HTTParty') do
+    iters.times do
+      HTTParty.get(url).body
+    end
+  end
+
+  x.report('Net::HTTP') do
+    # Net::HTTP.get('localhost', '/data/1000', 9292)
+    iters.times do
+      Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port) {|http| http.get('/data/1000').body }
+    end
+  end
+
+  Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port) do |http|
+    x.report('Net::HTTP (persistent)') do
+      iters.times do
+        http.get('/data/1000').body
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  x.report('open-uri') do
+    iters.times do
+      open(url).read
+    end
+  end
+
+  x.report('RestClient') do
+    iters.times do
+      RestClient.get(url)
+    end
+  end
+
+  x.report('Typhoeus') do
+    iters.times do
+      Typhoeus::Request.get(url).body
+    end
+  end
+
+  x.report('StreamlyFFI (Persistent)') do
+    conn = StreamlyFFI::Connection.new
+    iters.times do
+      conn.get(url)
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+# +------------------------+----------+
+# | tach                   | total    |
+# +------------------------+----------+
+# | em-http-request        | 3.828347 |
+# +------------------------+----------+
+# | Excon                  | 1.541997 |
+# +------------------------+----------+
+# | Excon (persistent)     | 1.454728 |
+# +------------------------+----------+
+# | HTTParty               | 2.551734 |
+# +------------------------+----------+
+# | Net::HTTP              | 2.342450 |
+# +------------------------+----------+
+# | Net::HTTP (persistent) | 2.434209 |
+# +------------------------+----------+
+# | open-uri               | 2.898245 |
+# +------------------------+----------+
+# | RestClient             | 2.834506 |
+# +------------------------+----------+
+# | Typhoeus               | 1.828265 |
+# +------------------------+----------+