Errno::ECONNREFUSED (Failed to open TCP connection to :80 (Connection refused - connect(2) for nil port 80))

Question

I'm trying to use the library HTTParty, but whenever I run the code below I receive an error.

Code:

require 'httparty'
response = HTTParty.get('http://example.com')

When I run the code I receive the error: Errno::ECONNREFUSED (Failed to open TCP connection to :80 (Connection refused - connect(2) for nil port 80)). I don't get any error when I run the same code in net/http. I don't know if this helps, but the system I'm running is Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon 64-bit .

are you running this from a local server? in the context of an application? can you post the full backtrace errors? Also did you try with `response = HTTParty.get('https://example.com')` ? — lacostenycoder, Nov 15 '18 at 03:15
I'm not running this on a local server, but just my laptop computer. — Practical1, Nov 15 '18 at 03:48

score 19 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 23 '19 at 19:55

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I know that this is late, but using https://example.com instead of http://example.com was the solution to my problem.

answered Feb 23 '19 at 19:55

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it is never late for future us, It helped me a lot – ToTenMilan Apr 10 '19 at 20:17
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Helped me - I was being an idiot and had forgotten the protocol entirely :D – SRack Apr 03 '20 at 09:20

Errno::ECONNREFUSED (Failed to open TCP connection to :80 (Connection refused - connect(2) for nil port 80))

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