Using Net::HTTP.get for an https url
RubyRuby Problem Overview
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)
Ruby Solutions
Solution 1 - Ruby
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
Solution 2 - Ruby
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.
Solution 3 - Ruby
In Ruby 2.0.0 and above, simply passing in an uri object with a https url is sufficient to do a HTTPS get request.
uri = URI('https://encrypted.google.com')
Net::HTTP.get(uri)
You may verify this by performing a get request on a domain with an expired certificate.
uri = URI('https://expired.badssl.com/')
Net::HTTP.get(uri)
# OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError: SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 state=error: certificate verify failed
It was introduced by this commit in Ruby 2.0.0.
The get_response method, which is called by the Net::HTTP.get method, sets :use_ssl to true when the uri.scheme is "https".
Disclaimer: I understand that the question is for Ruby 1.8.7, but since this is one of the top few search results when one searches for "https ruby", I've decided to answer anyway.
Solution 4 - Ruby
this should look as:
uri.port = Net::HTTP.https_default_port()
@data = Net::HTTP.get(uri)