Ruby throws Timeout::Error when calling Net::HTTP.get on an HTTPS URL

Question

I've tried this on a few machines on different networks, all running ruby 1.8.7 and I get the same result after a long wait.

Net::HTTP.get(URI.parse('https://encrypted.google.com/')) Timeout::Error: execution expired

but HTTP works fine

Net::HTTP.get(URI.parse('http://www.google.com/'))

After the inital timeout I get an EOFError instead

 EOFError: end of file reached

It's really got me stumped. If you have any ideas or you can let me know if you get the same results I'd really appreciate it.

Brian · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-16 23:41:55Z

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I think you need to set use_ssl to true...

example:

uri = URI.parse("https://www.google.com/") http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port) http.use_ssl = true request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri) response = http.request(request) puts response.body

This is cannibalized from the following Ruby Inside post.

answered Aug 16, 2010 at 23:41

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aNoble Over a year ago

Thanks Brian! That's just what I needed to know. After seeing how complicated Net::HTTP is for a simple url_exists? call I think I'll take Ruby Inside's advice and go with HTTParty since it gives me the same results with a lot less hassle. HTTParty.head('encrypted.google.com').response.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)

Brian Over a year ago

I think that's a great idea... HTTParty makes http operations a lot easier to work with - albeit a bit heavy as it requires several external gems (activesupport for example).

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