HTTPs Request in Ruby with parameters - ruby

Question

I'm trying to pull data from a RESTful JSON web service which uses https. They provided a Curl example which works no problem; however, I'm trying to run the query in Ruby and I'm not a Ruby developer.
Any help much appreciated!
cURL example:
curl -G "https://api.example.com/v1/query/" \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.example.v1+hal+json" \
-u "$API_KEY:$API_SECRET" \
-d "app_id=$APP_ID" \
-d "days=3" \
-d "metrics=users" \
-d "dimensions=day"
My attempt in Ruby which is resulting in a HTTPUnauthorized 401:
require 'net/https'
require 'uri'
# prepare request
uri = URI.parse("https://api.example.com/v1/query/")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true
http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri, {
'Accept' => 'application/vnd.example.v1+hal+json',
'api_key' => 'api_secret',
'app_id' => 'app_id',
'days' => '3',
'metrics' => 'users',
'dimensions' => 'day'})
response = http.request(request)
response.body
response.status
response["header-here"] # All headers are lowercase
# Analyze the response
if response.code != "200"
puts "Error (status-code: #{response.code})\n#{response.body}"
print 0
else
print 1
end
** Update **
As per feedback below, I've installed Typhoeus and updated the request. Now I'm getting through. Thanks all!
request = Typhoeus::Request.new(
"https://api.example.com/v1/query/",
userpwd: "key:secret",
params: {
app_id: "appid",
days: "3",
metrics: "users",
dimensions: "day"
},
headers: {
Accept: "application/vnd.example.v1+hal+json"
}
)

Answer 1

First you need to realize that:
'Accept' => 'application/vnd.example.v1+hal+json'
is a header, not a parameter.
Also:
$API_KEY:$API_SECRET
is basic HTTP authentication, not a parameter.
Then, take my advice and go with a better Ruby HTTP client:
https://github.com/lostisland/faraday (preferred, a wrapper for the bellow)
https://github.com/typhoeus/typhoeus
https://github.com/geemus/excon
Update:
Try the following from IRB:
Typhoeus::Config.verbose = true # this is useful for debugging, remove it once everything is ok.
request = Typhoeus::Request.get(
"https://api.example.com/v1/query/",
userpwd: "key:secret",
params: {
app_id: "appid",
days: "3",
metrics: "users",
dimensions: "day"
},
headers: {
Accept: "application/vnd.example.v1+hal+json"
}
)

Answer 2

curl's -u sends the Authorization header. so your 'api_key' => 'api_secret', should be replaced with this one(once again, its http header, not parameter).
"Authorization" => "Basic ".Base64.encode64("api_key:api_secret")
## require "base64"