Rails core - Feb 2008 - Net::HTTP proxying 3rd party services for xmlhttp requests

Hello,
I was wondering if anyone had solved this issue before.

Basically I am calling a 3rd party information service using
Net::HTTP
which I would like to proxy through my Rails app so that I can access
it via an xmlhttp request using JavaScript.


This service is not 100% reliable so while I can set a small timeout,
while the service is being pinged it stops all the other processes
from being run. I would like to set it up so that it happens as a
background process and then after a certain amount of time pops up.


I have tried the following, but all that happens is that Rails
complains that it can''t find a template.


  def index
    wgw_server = WGWServer.new
    Thread.new {
      render :text => wgw_server.proxy(params[:id] + ''?'' +
request.env[''QUERY_STRING''], params[:callback],
params[:callbackParam])
    }
  end


wgw_server.proxy contains the code which handles the Net::HTTP
request.


Any ideas?


Thanks



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