Ruby net::http

Builtin library to make HTTP requests.

Documentation

official docs

https://docs.ruby-lang.org/en/2.7.0/Net/HTTP.html

Usage

GET

require "net/http"

headers = { "COOKIE": "foo;" }
uri = URI("https://domain.com/path")
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
headers.each { |header, val| request[header] = val }

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.hostname, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.instance_of?(URI::HTTPS)
response = http.request(request)

puts(response.body)

POST

require "net/http"

headers = { "COOKIE": "foo;" }
uri = URI("https://domain.com/path")
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
request.body = JSON.dump({ query: { foo: "bar" } })
request.content_type = "application/json"            # NOTE: cannot just be set in headers
headers.each { |header, val| request[header] = val }

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.hostname, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.instance_of?(URI::HTTPS)
response = http.request(request)

puts(response.body)