Using Net::HTTP.get for an https url

Question

I'm trying to use Net::HTTP.get() for an https URL:

@data = Net::HTTP.get(uri, Net::HTTP.https_default_port()) 

However, I get the following result when I try to print the results:

can't convert URI::HTTPS into String

What's the deal? I'm using Ruby 1.8.7 (OS X)

Answer 1

Original answer:

uri = URI.parse("https://example.com/some/path") http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port) http.use_ssl = true @data = http.get(uri.request_uri) 

As pointed out in the comments, this is more elegant:

require "open-uri" @data = URI.parse("https://example.com/some/path").read 

Answer 2

EDIT: My approach works, but @jason-yeo's approach is far easier.

It appears as of 2.1.2 the preferred a documented method is as follows (directly quoting the documentation):

HTTPS is enabled for an HTTP connection by #use_ssl=.

uri = URI('https://secure.example.com/some_path?query=string')  Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port,      :use_ssl => uri.scheme == 'https') do |http|   request = Net::HTTP::Get.new uri    response = http.request request # Net::HTTPResponse object  end  

In previous versions of Ruby you would need to require ‘net/https’ to use HTTPS. This is no longer true.