I stick it in vendor

vendor/rest-client/lib/resource.rb

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+module RestClient
+	# A class that can be instantiated for access to a RESTful resource,
+	# including authentication.
+	#
+	# Example:
+	#
+	#   resource = RestClient::Resource.new('http://some/resource')
+	#   jpg = resource.get(:accept => 'image/jpg')
+	#
+	# With HTTP basic authentication:
+	#
+	#   resource = RestClient::Resource.new('http://protected/resource', 'user', 'pass')
+	#   resource.delete
+	#
+	class Resource
+		attr_reader :url, :user, :password
+
+		def initialize(url, user=nil, password=nil)
+			@url = url
+			@user = user
+			@password = password
+		end
+
+		def get(headers={})
+			Request.execute(:method => :get,
+				:url => url,
+				:user => user,
+				:password => password,
+				:headers => headers)
+		end
+
+		def post(payload, headers={})
+			Request.execute(:method => :post,
+				:url => url,
+				:payload => payload,
+				:user => user,
+				:password => password,
+				:headers => headers)
+		end
+
+		def put(payload, headers={})
+			Request.execute(:method => :put,
+				:url => url,
+				:payload => payload,
+				:user => user,
+				:password => password,
+				:headers => headers)
+		end
+
+		def delete(headers={})
+			Request.execute(:method => :delete,
+				:url => url,
+				:user => user,
+				:password => password,
+				:headers => headers)
+		end
+	end
+end