Ruby putting token key in requests - ruby

Question

I dont know how to put my key into my requests so they are sent back as
{"status"=>"400", "message"=>"Token parameter is required."}
This is the code I have been using
require 'net/http'
require 'json'
token = 'YiwwVvywLngtPT***************'
url = 'https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/api/v2/stations?locationid=FIPS:23&limit=5&sortfield=mindate'
uri = URI(url)
response = Net::HTTP.get(uri)
response.authorization = token
puts JSON.parse(response)
I have tried a couple different things I've found on the internet but all of them just give errors for
undefined method `methodname' for #<String:0x00007fd97519abd0>

Answer 1

According to the API documentation (based on the URL you referenced), you need to provide the token in a header named token.
So, you should probably try some variation of the below (code untested):
token = 'YiwwVvywLngtPT***************'
url = 'https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/api/v2/stations?locationid=FIPS:23&limit=5&sortfield=mindate'
uri = URI(url)
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
request['token'] = token
response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port) do |http|
http.request(request)
end
More information about Net:HTTP headers can be found in this StackOverflow answer.
As a side note, if you are not locked on using Net::HTTP, consider switching to a friendlier HTTP client, perhaps HTTParty. Then, the complete code looks like this:
require 'httparty'
token = 'YiwwVvywLngtPT***************'
url = 'https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/api/v2/stations?locationid=FIPS:23&limit=5&sortfield=mindate'
response = HTTParty.get url, headers: { token: token }
puts response.body