# File lib/twitter/client/base.rb, line 6
    def http_connect(body = nil, require_auth = true, &block)
        require_block(block_given?)
        connection = create_http_connection
        connection.start do |connection|
                request = yield connection if block_given?
                request.basic_auth(@login, @password) if require_auth
                response = connection.request(request, body)
                handle_rest_response(response)
                response
      end
    end