undefined local variable or method `http' for main:Object (NameError) - ruby

Question

File: nethttp.rb
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
uri = URI('http://localhost/events',:headers => headers)
res = Net::HTTP.get_response(uri)
puts res.body if res.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
I'm receiving the error:
undefined local variable or method `http' for main:Object (NameError)

Answer 1

You're using the local variable http which is not declared anywhere in the code. If you want to create an instance of Net::HTTP you need to use the "new" method:
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
# URI only takes one argument!
uri = URI('http://localhost/events')
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri)
# not sure what this is supposed to do since you're requesting a
# HTTP uri and not HTTPS
http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
# ...
But you might want to consider using Net::HTTP.start which opens a connection and yields it to the block:
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
uri = URI('http://localhost/events')
# Opens a persisent connection to the host
Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, verify_mode: OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE) do |http|
headers = { "X-FOO" => "Bar" }
request = http.get(uri)
headers.each do |key, value|
request[key] = value
end
response = http.request(request)
# consider using a case statement
if response.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
puts response.body
else
# handle errors
end
end