diff --git a/app/logical/downloads/file.rb b/app/logical/downloads/file.rb
index 10cc6de29..e3607cc83 100644
--- a/app/logical/downloads/file.rb
+++ b/app/logical/downloads/file.rb
@@ -31,12 +31,8 @@ module Downloads
       }
       @source, headers, @data = before_download(@source, headers, @data)
       url = URI.parse(@source)
-      Net::HTTP.start(url.host, url.port, :use_ssl => url.is_a?(URI::HTTPS)) do |http|
-        http.read_timeout = 3
-        http.request_head(url.request_uri, headers) do |res|
-          return res.content_length
-        end
-      end
+      res = HTTParty.head(url, timeout: 3)
+      res.content_length
     end
 
     def download!
@@ -94,30 +90,17 @@ module Downloads
         validate_local_hosts(url)
 
         begin
-          Net::HTTP.start(url.host, url.port, :use_ssl => url.is_a?(URI::HTTPS)) do |http|
-            http.read_timeout = 10
-            http.request_get(url.request_uri, headers) do |res|
-              case res
-              when Net::HTTPSuccess then
-                if max_size
-                  len = res["Content-Length"]
-                  raise Error.new("File is too large (#{len} bytes)") if len && len.to_i > max_size
-                end
-                yield(res)
-                return [src, datums]
-
-              when Net::HTTPRedirection then
-                if limit == 0 then
-                  raise Error.new("Too many redirects")
-                end
-                src = res["location"]
-                limit -= 1
-
-              else
-                raise Error.new("HTTP error code: #{res.code} #{res.message}")
-              end
-            end # http.request_get
-          end # http.start
+          res = HTTParty.get(url, timeout: 10, headers: headers)
+          if res.success?
+            if max_size
+              len = res["Content-Length"]
+              raise Error.new("File is too large (#{len} bytes)") if len && len.to_i > max_size
+            end
+            yield(res)
+            return [src, datums]
+          else
+            raise Error.new("HTTP error code: #{res.code} #{res.message}")
+          end
         rescue Errno::ECONNRESET, Errno::ETIMEDOUT, Errno::EIO, Errno::EHOSTUNREACH, Errno::ECONNREFUSED, IOError => x
           tries += 1
           if tries < 3
diff --git a/app/logical/downloads/rewrite_strategies/art_station.rb b/app/logical/downloads/rewrite_strategies/art_station.rb
index 5b37fdd96..06fedf13e 100644
--- a/app/logical/downloads/rewrite_strategies/art_station.rb
+++ b/app/logical/downloads/rewrite_strategies/art_station.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ module Downloads
     protected
       def test_original(url)
         res = http_head_request(url, {})
-        res.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
+        res.success?
       end
 
       def rewrite_html_url(url, headers)
diff --git a/app/logical/downloads/rewrite_strategies/base.rb b/app/logical/downloads/rewrite_strategies/base.rb
index f64805ab1..8c2ff3300 100644
--- a/app/logical/downloads/rewrite_strategies/base.rb
+++ b/app/logical/downloads/rewrite_strategies/base.rb
@@ -21,23 +21,12 @@ module Downloads
 
     protected
       def http_head_request(url, headers)
-        uri = URI.parse(url)
-        http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
-        if uri.scheme == "https"
-          http.use_ssl = true
-        end
-        http.request_head(uri.request_uri, headers) do |res|
-          return res
-        end
+        HTTParty.head(url, headers: headers)
       end
 
       def http_exists?(url, headers)
-        exists = false
         res = http_head_request(url, headers)
-        if res.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
-          exists = true
-        end
-        exists
+        res.success?
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/logical/image_proxy.rb b/app/logical/image_proxy.rb
index b70e5acd3..9432803a4 100644
--- a/app/logical/image_proxy.rb
+++ b/app/logical/image_proxy.rb
@@ -16,19 +16,15 @@ class ImageProxy
       raise "Proxy not allowed for this site"
     end
 
-    uri = URI.parse(url)
     headers = {
       "Referer" => fake_referer_for(url),
       "User-Agent" => "#{Danbooru.config.safe_app_name}/#{Danbooru.config.version}"
     }
-
-    Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, :use_ssl => uri.is_a?(URI::HTTPS)) do |http|
-      resp = http.request_get(uri.request_uri, headers)
-      if resp.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
-        return resp
-      else
-        raise "HTTP error code: #{resp.code} #{resp.message}"
-      end
+    response = HTTParty.get(url, headers: headers)
+    if response.success?
+      return response
+    else
+      raise "HTTP error code: #{response.code} #{response.message}"
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/app/logical/iqdb/download.rb b/app/logical/iqdb/download.rb
index 512cb2ce5..f3205ca51 100644
--- a/app/logical/iqdb/download.rb
+++ b/app/logical/iqdb/download.rb
@@ -28,24 +28,22 @@ module Iqdb
         uri = URI.parse("#{Danbooru.config.iqdbs_server}/similar")
         uri.query = URI.encode_www_form(params)
 
-        Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, :use_ssl => uri.is_a?(URI::HTTPS)) do |http|
-          resp = http.request_get(uri.request_uri)
-          if resp.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
-            json = JSON.parse(resp.body)
-            if json.is_a?(Array)
-              post_ids = json.map { |match| match["post_id"] }
-              posts = Post.find(post_ids)
+        resp = HTTParty.get(uri)
+        if resp.success?
+          json = JSON.parse(resp.body)
+          if json.is_a?(Array)
+            post_ids = json.map { |match| match["post_id"] }
+            posts = Post.find(post_ids)
 
-              @matches = json.map do |match|
-                post = posts.find { |post| post.id == match["post_id"] }
-                match.with_indifferent_access.merge({ post: post })
-              end
-            else
-              @matches = []
+            @matches = json.map do |match|
+              post = posts.find { |post| post.id == match["post_id"] }
+              match.with_indifferent_access.merge({ post: post })
             end
           else
-            raise "HTTP error code: #{resp.code} #{resp.message}"
+            @matches = []
           end
+        else
+          raise "HTTP error code: #{resp.code} #{resp.message}"
         end
       else
         raise NotImplementedError
diff --git a/app/logical/missed_search_service.rb b/app/logical/missed_search_service.rb
index 6f8608787..778d717bc 100644
--- a/app/logical/missed_search_service.rb
+++ b/app/logical/missed_search_service.rb
@@ -17,14 +17,11 @@ class MissedSearchService
   def fetch_data
     Cache.get("ms", 1.minute) do
       url = URI.parse("#{Danbooru.config.reportbooru_server}/missed_searches")
-      response = ""
-      Net::HTTP.start(url.host, url.port, :use_ssl => url.is_a?(URI::HTTPS)) do |http|
-        http.read_timeout = 1
-        http.request_get(url.request_uri) do |res|
-          if res.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
-            response = res.body
-          end
-        end
+      response = HTTParty.get(url, timeout: 6)
+      if response.success?
+        response = response.body
+      else
+        response = ""
       end
       response.force_encoding("utf-8")
     end
diff --git a/app/logical/nico_seiga_api_client.rb b/app/logical/nico_seiga_api_client.rb
index 3f8ffc182..b1312df3d 100644
--- a/app/logical/nico_seiga_api_client.rb
+++ b/app/logical/nico_seiga_api_client.rb
@@ -8,22 +8,18 @@ class NicoSeigaApiClient
   end
 
   def get_illust(id)
-    uri = URI.parse("#{BASE_URL}/illust/info?id=#{id}")
-    Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, :use_ssl => uri.is_a?(URI::HTTPS)) do |http|
-      resp = http.request_get(uri.request_uri)
-      if resp.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
-        parse_illust_xml_response(resp.body)
-      end
+    uri = "#{BASE_URL}/illust/info?id=#{id}"
+    resp = HTTParty.get(uri)
+    if resp.success?
+      parse_illust_xml_response(resp.body)
     end
   end
 
   def get_artist(id)
-    uri = URI.parse("#{BASE_URL}/user/info?id=#{id}")
-    Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, :use_ssl => uri.is_a?(URI::HTTPS)) do |http|
-      resp = http.request_get(uri.request_uri)
-      if resp.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
-        parse_artist_xml_response(resp.body)
-      end
+    uri = "#{BASE_URL}/user/info?id=#{id}"
+    resp = HTTParty.get(uri)
+    if resp.success?
+      parse_artist_xml_response(resp.body)
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/app/logical/pixiv_api_client.rb b/app/logical/pixiv_api_client.rb
index 20084f7fe..b70097eda 100644
--- a/app/logical/pixiv_api_client.rb
+++ b/app/logical/pixiv_api_client.rb
@@ -137,13 +137,11 @@ class PixivApiClient
     url.query = URI.encode_www_form(params)
     json = nil
 
-    Net::HTTP.start(url.host, url.port, :use_ssl => true) do |http|
-      resp = http.request_get(url.request_uri, headers)
-      if resp.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
-        json = parse_api_json(resp.body)
-      else
-        raise Error.new("Pixiv API call failed (status=#{resp.code} body=#{resp.body})")
-      end
+    resp = HTTParty.get(url)
+    if resp.success?
+      json = parse_api_json(resp.body)
+    else
+      raise Error.new("Pixiv API call failed (status=#{resp.code} body=#{resp.body})")
     end
 
     WorksResponse.new(json["response"][0])
@@ -173,17 +171,14 @@ private
         "client_id" => CLIENT_ID,
         "client_secret" => CLIENT_SECRET
       }
-      url = URI.parse("https://oauth.secure.pixiv.net/auth/token")
+      url = "https://oauth.secure.pixiv.net/auth/token"
 
-      Net::HTTP.start(url.host, url.port, :use_ssl => true) do |http|
-        resp = http.request_post(url.request_uri, URI.encode_www_form(params), headers)
-
-        if resp.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
-          json = JSON.parse(resp.body)
-          access_token = json["response"]["access_token"]
-        else
-          raise Error.new("Pixiv API access token call failed (status=#{resp.code} body=#{resp.body})")
-        end
+      resp = HTTParty.post(url, body: params, headers: headers)
+      if resp.success?
+        json = JSON.parse(resp.body)
+        access_token = json["response"]["access_token"]
+      else
+        raise Error.new("Pixiv API access token call failed (status=#{resp.code} body=#{resp.body})")
       end
 
       access_token
diff --git a/app/logical/popular_search_service.rb b/app/logical/popular_search_service.rb
index ef5520cba..c7b1a6e67 100644
--- a/app/logical/popular_search_service.rb
+++ b/app/logical/popular_search_service.rb
@@ -27,15 +27,12 @@ class PopularSearchService
     dates = date.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
 
     Cache.get("ps-#{scale}-#{dates}", 1.minute) do
-      url = URI.parse("#{Danbooru.config.reportbooru_server}/hits/#{scale}?date=#{dates}")
-      response = ""
-      Net::HTTP.start(url.host, url.port, :use_ssl => url.is_a?(URI::HTTPS)) do |http|
-        http.read_timeout = 1
-        http.request_get(url.request_uri) do |res|
-          if res.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
-            response = res.body
-          end
-        end
+      url = "#{Danbooru.config.reportbooru_server}/hits/#{scale}?date=#{dates}"
+      response = HTTParty.get(url, timeout: 3)
+      if response.success?
+        response = response.body
+      else
+        response = ""
       end
       response
     end.to_s.force_encoding("utf-8")
diff --git a/app/logical/reports/user_similarity.rb b/app/logical/reports/user_similarity.rb
index b2c6bfc45..48c45a8a9 100644
--- a/app/logical/reports/user_similarity.rb
+++ b/app/logical/reports/user_similarity.rb
@@ -33,13 +33,11 @@ module Reports
       uri = URI.parse("#{Danbooru.config.reportbooru_server}/reports/#{endpoint}")
       uri.query = URI.encode_www_form(params)
 
-      Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, :use_ssl => uri.is_a?(URI::HTTPS)) do |http|
-        resp = http.request_get(uri.request_uri)
-        if resp.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
-          resp.body
-        else
-          raise "HTTP error code: #{resp.code} #{resp.message}"
-        end
+      resp = HTTParty.get(uri)
+      if resp.success?
+        resp.body
+      else
+        raise "HTTP error code: #{resp.code} #{resp.message}"
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/logical/sources/strategies/art_station.rb b/app/logical/sources/strategies/art_station.rb
index 554fb0b44..bf1ea1dd7 100644
--- a/app/logical/sources/strategies/art_station.rb
+++ b/app/logical/sources/strategies/art_station.rb
@@ -46,25 +46,22 @@ module Sources::Strategies
     end
 
     def get
-      uri = URI.parse(api_url)
-      Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, :use_ssl => uri.is_a?(URI::HTTPS)) do |http|
-        resp = http.request_get(uri.request_uri)
-        image_url_rewriter = Downloads::RewriteStrategies::ArtStation.new
-        if resp.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
-          @json = JSON.parse(resp.body)
-          @artist_name = json["user"]["username"]
-          @profile_url = json["user"]["permalink"]
-          images = json["assets"].select { |asset| asset["asset_type"] == "image" }
-          @image_urls = images.map do |x|
-            y, _, _ = image_url_rewriter.rewrite(x["image_url"], nil)
-            y
-          end
-          @tags = json["tags"].map {|x| [x.downcase.tr(" ", "_"), "https://www.artstation.com/search?q=" + CGI.escape(x)]} if json["tags"]
-          @artist_commentary_title = json["title"]
-          @artist_commentary_desc = ActionView::Base.full_sanitizer.sanitize(json["description"])
-        else
-          raise "HTTP error code: #{resp.code} #{resp.message}"
+      resp = HTTParty.get(api_url)
+      image_url_rewriter = Downloads::RewriteStrategies::ArtStation.new
+      if resp.success?
+        @json = JSON.parse(resp.body)
+        @artist_name = json["user"]["username"]
+        @profile_url = json["user"]["permalink"]
+        images = json["assets"].select { |asset| asset["asset_type"] == "image" }
+        @image_urls = images.map do |x|
+          y, _, _ = image_url_rewriter.rewrite(x["image_url"], nil)
+          y
         end
+        @tags = json["tags"].map {|x| [x.downcase.tr(" ", "_"), "https://www.artstation.com/search?q=" + CGI.escape(x)]} if json["tags"]
+        @artist_commentary_title = json["title"]
+        @artist_commentary_desc = ActionView::Base.full_sanitizer.sanitize(json["description"])
+      else
+        raise "HTTP error code: #{resp.code} #{resp.message}"
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/logical/tag_alias_correction.rb b/app/logical/tag_alias_correction.rb
index 8f8369cd7..d7a395cdc 100644
--- a/app/logical/tag_alias_correction.rb
+++ b/app/logical/tag_alias_correction.rb
@@ -22,14 +22,11 @@ class TagAliasCorrection
   end
 
   def fill_hash!
-    Net::HTTP.start(hostname, 80) do |http|
-      http.request_get("/tag_aliases/#{tag_alias_id}/correction.json") do |res|
-        if res === Net::HTTPSuccess
-          json = JSON.parse(res.body)
-          statistics_hash["antecedent_cache"] = json["antecedent_cache"]
-          statistics_hash["consequent_cache"] = json["consequent_cache"]
-        end
-      end
+    res = HTTParty.get("http://#{hostname}/tag_aliases/#{tag_alias_id}/correction.json")
+    if res.success?
+      json = JSON.parse(res.body)
+      statistics_hash["antecedent_cache"] = json["antecedent_cache"]
+      statistics_hash["consequent_cache"] = json["consequent_cache"]
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/app/logical/tag_correction.rb b/app/logical/tag_correction.rb
index ba44f7863..0c33c3d56 100644
--- a/app/logical/tag_correction.rb
+++ b/app/logical/tag_correction.rb
@@ -19,14 +19,11 @@ class TagCorrection
   end
 
   def fill_hash!
-    Net::HTTP.start(hostname, 80) do |http|
-      http.request_get("/tags/#{tag_id}/correction.json") do |res|
-        if res === Net::HTTPSuccess
-          json = JSON.parse(res.body)
-          statistics_hash["category_cache"] = json["category_cache"]
-          statistics_hash["post_fast_count_cache"] = json["post_fast_count_cache"]
-        end
-      end
+    res = HTTParty.get("http://#{hostname}/tags/#{tag_id}/correction.json")
+    if res.success?
+      json = JSON.parse(res.body)
+      statistics_hash["category_cache"] = json["category_cache"]
+      statistics_hash["post_fast_count_cache"] = json["post_fast_count_cache"]
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/app/logical/twitter_service.rb b/app/logical/twitter_service.rb
index eac7c7bc2..e16a9ef5e 100644
--- a/app/logical/twitter_service.rb
+++ b/app/logical/twitter_service.rb
@@ -32,22 +32,12 @@ class TwitterService
     end.compact
   end
 
-  def extract_og_image_from_page(url, n = 5)
-    raise "too many redirects" if n == 0
-
-    Net::HTTP.start(url.host, url.port, :use_ssl => (url.normalized_scheme == "https")) do |http|
-      resp = http.request_get(url.request_uri)
-      if resp.is_a?(Net::HTTPMovedPermanently) && resp["Location"]
-        redirect_url = Addressable::URI.parse(resp["Location"])
-        redirect_url.host = url.host if redirect_url.host.nil?
-        redirect_url.scheme = url.scheme if redirect_url.scheme.nil?
-        redirect_url.port = url.port if redirect_url.port.nil?
-        return extract_og_image_from_page(redirect_url, n - 1)
-      elsif resp.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
-        doc = Nokogiri::HTML(resp.body)
-        images = doc.css("meta[property='og:image']")
-        return images.first.attr("content").sub(":large", ":orig")
-      end
+  def extract_og_image_from_page(url)
+    resp = HTTParty.get(url)
+    if resp.success?
+      doc = Nokogiri::HTML(resp.body)
+      images = doc.css("meta[property='og:image']")
+      return images.first.attr("content").sub(":large", ":orig")
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/app/models/saved_search.rb b/app/models/saved_search.rb
index 49805d8f4..09bb4530b 100644
--- a/app/models/saved_search.rb
+++ b/app/models/saved_search.rb
@@ -28,18 +28,14 @@ class SavedSearch < ApplicationRecord
             "queries" => queries
           }.to_json
 
-          uri = URI.parse("#{Danbooru.config.listbooru_server}/v2/search")
+          uri = "#{Danbooru.config.listbooru_server}/v2/search"
 
-          body = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, :use_ssl => uri.is_a?(URI::HTTPS)) do |http|
-            resp = http.request_post(uri.request_uri, json)
-            if resp.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
-              resp.body
-            else
-              raise "HTTP error code: #{resp.code} #{resp.message}"
-            end
+          resp = HTTParty.post(uri, body: json)
+          if resp.success?
+            resp.body.to_s.scan(/\d+/).map(&:to_i)
+          else
+            raise "HTTP error code: #{resp.code} #{resp.message}"
           end
-
-          body.to_s.scan(/\d+/).map(&:to_i)
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 189e2506c..54979f2f5 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
     def update_remote_cache
       if name_changed?
         Danbooru.config.other_server_hosts.each do |server|
-          Net::HTTP.delete(URI.parse("http://#{server}/users/#{id}/cache"))
+          HTTParty.delete("http://#{server}/users/#{id}/cache")
         end
       end
     rescue Exception