Getting "RuntimeError: SSL Session wasn't initialized" error rails

Question

Currently, I am communicating with the API that uses 3-legged OAuth security.

For communication, I need access token each time. Access Token is valid for 1 year from the creation date.

I have stored it in the database (serialized object of AccessToken class).

But while making API call I am getting following error. Here is my basic flow

1) Get the access_token

consumer = OAuth::Consumer.new API_KEY,
  API_SECRET,
  {
  site: 'https://example.com',
  header: { Accept: 'application/nd.v3+json' },
  http_method: :get,
  request_token_url: @request_token_uri,
  access_token_url: @access_token_uri,
  authorize_url: @authorizerequest_token_uri
  }

  puts '***** Fetching request token *****'
  request_token = consumer.get_request_token({}, 'oob')
  puts "Request Token received - #{request_token.token}"
  puts
  puts 'Goto to url mentioned below to authorize. Paste the access token verifier'
  puts request_token.authorize_url

  verifier = gets.chomp
  puts
  puts
  puts '***** Fetching access token *****'
  access_token = request_token.get_access_token(oauth_verifier: verifier)

2) Store the access_token in database

access_token_user.rb

  class AccessTokenUser < ActiveRecord::Base
    belongs_to :user
    serialize :access_token
  end

  atu = AccessTokenUser.create(user_id: 1, access_token: access_token)

3) Fetch the token and us it for calling API

access_token = AccessTokenUser.find_by(user_id: 1).access_token

access_token.get('/organizations')

While fetching the organizations detail I am getting following error

RuntimeError: SSL Session wasn't initialized.
        from /home/test/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p643/lib/ruby/2.0.0/net/http.rb:916:in `time'
        from /home/test/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p643/lib/ruby/2.0.0/net/http.rb:916:in `connect'
        from /home/test/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p643/lib/ruby/2.0.0/net/http.rb:862:in `do_start'
        from /home/test/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p643/lib/ruby/2.0.0/net/http.rb:851:in `start'
        from /home/test/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p643/lib/ruby/2.0.0/net/http.rb:1373:in `request'
        from /home/test/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p643/gems/oauth-0.4.7/lib/oauth/consumer.rb:161:in `request'
        from /home/test/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p643/gems/oauth-0.4.7/lib/oauth/tokens/consumer_token.rb:25:in `request'
        from /home/test/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p643/gems/oauth-0.4.7/lib/oauth/tokens/access_token.rb:12:in `request'
        from /home/test/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p643/gems/oauth-0.4.7/lib/oauth/tokens/access_token.rb:27:in `get'
        from (irb):18
        from /home/test/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p643/gems/railties-4.0.13/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:90:in `start'
        from /home/test/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p643/gems/railties-4.0.13/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:9:in `start'
        from /home/test/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p643/gems/railties-4.0.13/lib/rails/commands.rb:62:in `<top (required)>'
        from bin/rails:4:in `require'
        from bin/rails:4:in `<main>'

Can anyone let me know how can I fix that issue?

Answer 1

The SSL session is not being persisted once you serialize the AccessToken object and write it to your database. You may need to re-initialize the access token after retrieving it from the database.

Serialized columns are usually used for hashes and arrays, not entire classes. So you may want to store the access token verifier in the access_token_users table instead of the access_token itself, then call:

 verifier = AccessTokenUser.find_by(user_id: 1).verifier
 request_token = consumer.get_request_token({}, 'oob')
 access_token = request_token.get_access_token(oauth_verifier: verifier)
 access_token.get('/organizations')