Making a http/https post request under a proxy
Here is my post on how to make a https call. http://srikanthjeeva.blogspot.in/2010/06/making-httphttps-post-request.html Spent a long time in figuring out how to send a https request under a proxy Here is how it is, require 'net/http' require 'net/https' require 'uri' uri = URI('https://IP/api/V1/USERS') proxy_class = Net::HTTP::Proxy(PROXY_ADDRESS, PROXY_PORT, USERNAME, PASSWORD) proxy_class.start(uri.host, uri.port, :use_ssl => uri.scheme == 'https', :verify_mode => OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE) { |http| request = Net::HTTP::Get.new uri.request_uri response = http.request request puts response.body } Hope this helps. Thanks!