Question

Is there a way to check for an HTTPS status code in ruby? I know that there are ways to do this in HTTP using require 'net/http', but I’m looking for HTTPS. Maybe there is a different library that I need to use?

Answer 1

You can do this in net/http:

require "net/https"
require "uri"

uri = URI.parse("https://www.secure.com/")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true

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

res.code #=> "200"

Refs:

• Net::HTTP cheat sheet
• How to Cure Net::HTTP’s Risky Default HTTPS Behavior