Question

I know that I can use the #use_ssl = false to disable the use of ssl for an instance of the net::http, but is there a class method I can set at the beginning of my code so that from that point onward, any new instances of net::http will have ssl switched off?

Answer 1

Why not just make a helper method?

def http_new(*args)
  a = Net::HTTP.new(*args)
  a.use_ssl = true
  a
end

You could also monkey patch the Net::HTTP class”

class Net::HTTP
  alias :initialize_old :initialize
  def initialize(*args)
    initialize_old(*args)
    @use_ssl = true
  end
end