Ruby: Blocking HTTP.new.start and dynamic HTTP(S)

Question

I need an application to block an HTTP request so I had to add a couple of lines of code, the only piece I couldn't figure out was the statement if uri.scheme == 'https'; http.use_ssl = true is there a way I can set http/https in the current statement:

Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port).start do |http|

  # Causes and IOError... 
  if uri.scheme == 'https'
    http.use_ssl = true
  end

  request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
  http.request(request)
end

Added: IOError: use_ssl value changed, but session already started

score 20 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 17 '11 at 20:30

Per the documentation, you cannot call use_ssl= after starting the session (i.e. after start). You have to set it before, e.g.:

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true if uri.scheme == 'https'

http.start do |h|
  h.request Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
end

score 5 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 17 '11 at 22:30

5

Try to change your code to

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)

if uri.scheme =='https'
  http.use_ssl = true
end

http.start do
  request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
  puts http.request(request)
end

edited Oct 17 '11 at 22:30

Jordon Bedwell

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answered Oct 17 '11 at 20:10

WarHog

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A mistake while writing the code here...that wouldn't cause an IOError – Jordon Bedwell Oct 17 '11 at 20:12
You didn't mention any IOErrors, @JordonBedwell. Did you leave out some details from your question? – Jordan Running Oct 17 '11 at 20:15
@Jordan no I didn't leave out any details, the code comment says "# Causes and IOError..." and that was long before I elaborated it, the question should also highlight the issue. – Jordon Bedwell Oct 17 '11 at 20:17
@JordonBedwell Ah, my bad. That's what I get for skimming. – Jordan Running Oct 17 '11 at 20:20
Ok, got it, sorry for my mistake. You have to set use_ssl flag before start http session. I've fixed code snippet above. – WarHog Oct 17 '11 at 20:28

Ruby: Blocking HTTP.new.start and dynamic HTTP(S)

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