Removed active support. Added json. Added some core extensions.

Rakefile

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Echoe.new(ProjectName, HTTParty::Version) do |p|
   p.url             = "http://#{ProjectName}.rubyforge.org"
   p.author          = "John Nunemaker"
   p.email           = "nunemaker@gmail.com"
-  p.extra_deps      = [['activesupport', '>= 2.1']]
+  p.extra_deps      = [['json', '~> 1.1']]
   p.need_tar_gz     = false
   p.docs_host       = WebsitePath
 end

lib/core_extensions.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2008 Sam Smoot.
+# 
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+# a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+# "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+# without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+# distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+# permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+# the following conditions:
+# 
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+# included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+# 
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+# EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+# NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+# LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+# OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+# WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+class Object
+  # @return <TrueClass, FalseClass>
+  #
+  # @example [].blank?         #=>  true
+  # @example [1].blank?        #=>  false
+  # @example [nil].blank?      #=>  false
+  # 
+  # Returns true if the object is nil or empty (if applicable)
+  def blank?
+    nil? || (respond_to?(:empty?) && empty?)
+  end
+end # class Object
+
+class Numeric
+  # @return <TrueClass, FalseClass>
+  # 
+  # Numerics can't be blank
+  def blank?
+    false
+  end
+end # class Numeric
+
+class NilClass
+  # @return <TrueClass, FalseClass>
+  # 
+  # Nils are always blank
+  def blank?
+    true
+  end
+end # class NilClass
+
+class TrueClass
+  # @return <TrueClass, FalseClass>
+  # 
+  # True is not blank.  
+  def blank?
+    false
+  end
+end # class TrueClass
+
+class FalseClass
+  # False is always blank.
+  def blank?
+    true
+  end
+end # class FalseClass
+
+class String
+  # @example "".blank?         #=>  true
+  # @example "     ".blank?    #=>  true
+  # @example " hey ho ".blank? #=>  false
+  # 
+  # @return <TrueClass, FalseClass>
+  # 
+  # Strips out whitespace then tests if the string is empty.
+  def blank?
+    strip.empty?
+  end
+end # class String

lib/httparty.rb

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ require 'net/https'
 require 'rubygems'
 gem 'json', '>= 1.1.3'
 require 'json'
-require 'active_support'
 require 'module_level_inheritable_attributes'
+require 'core_extensions'
 
 module HTTParty  
   AllowedFormats = {:xml => 'text/xml', :json => 'application/json', :html => 'text/html'}
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ module HTTParty
     base.instance_variable_set("@default_options", {})
   end
   
-  module ClassMethods    
+  module ClassMethods
     def default_options
       @default_options
     end

lib/httparty/request.rb

@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@ module HTTParty
     # Makes it so uri is sure to parse stuff like google.com without the http
     def self.normalize_base_uri(url) #:nodoc:
       use_ssl = (url =~ /^https/) || url.include?(':443')
-      url.chop! if url.ends_with?('/')
+      ends_with_slash = url =~ /\/$/
+      
+      url.chop! if ends_with_slash
       url.gsub!(/^https?:\/\//i, '')
+      
       "http#{'s' if use_ssl}://#{url}"
     end
     

spec/httparty/request_spec.rb

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ describe HTTParty::Request do
 
     def setup_ok_response
       @ok = Net::HTTPOK.new("1.1", 200, "Content for you")
-      @ok.stub!(:body).and_return({"foo" => "bar"}.to_xml)
+      @ok.stub!(:body).and_return('<hash><foo>bar</foo></hash>')
       @http.should_receive(:request).and_return(@redirect, @ok)
       @request.options[:format] = :xml
     end

spec/spec_helper.rb

@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ def file_fixture(filename)
   open(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'fixtures', "#{filename.to_s}")).read
 end
 
-def stub_http_response_with(fixture_name)
-  format = fixture_name.split('.').last.intern
-  data = file_fixture(fixture_name)
+def stub_http_response_with(filename)
+  format = filename.split('.').last.intern
+  data = file_fixture(filename)
   http = Net::HTTP.new('localhost', 80)
   
   response = Net::HTTPOK.new("1.1", 200, "Content for you")