# Making async tcp connections from rails

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/making-async-tcp-connections-from-rails/184648>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 5, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/making-async-tcp-connections-from-rails/184648 "2010-03-05T20:00:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/making-async-tcp-connections-from-rails/184648/1 "2010-03-05T20:00:31Z")

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So I’ve never really found a solution I like for making async tcp  
connections from inside a running rails app, and was curious if anyone  
else  
has had any luck. When running fairly large scale rails apps we always  
end  
up needing this. The only thing I’ve tried so far that really works is  
to  
run an eventmachine reactor inside rails. Anyone have experience with  
Neverblock? Haven’t tried that yet. Revactor looks like it hasn’t  
gotten  
any love in quite a while. There is a non blocking http library based  
on  
curl out there we tried (can’t remember the name), but it had some  
issues we  
never resolved.

Chris