New York Public Library search query - ruby

Question

I am attempting to access the NY Public Library digital collection through their api.
The ruby code I am using to make the call is:
require 'sinatra'
require 'pp'
require 'httparty'
get '/' do
url = "http://api.repo.nypl.org/api/v1/items/8568ccd0-c614-012f-1d74-58d385a7bc34.json"
uri = URI.parse(url)
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
headers = { "Authorization" => "Token token=mytoken" }
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri, headers)
response = http.request(request)
puts response
#response = response.body
erb :index
end
So, a couple of questions:
This produces no result, nothing comes back with the puts response in the terminal, not even an error message. What am I doing wrong?
In any case, how do I attach a query at the end of the uri string? BY adding a ? followed by the query? So, for example, ?leonardodavinci

Answer 1

Recommend you play around at the irb command prompt, e.g.
irb [enter]
Looks like not authorized perhaps? I eventually get => nil myself with:
irb(main):003:0> require 'sinatra'
=> true
irb(main):004:0> require 'pp'
=> true
irb(main):005:0> require 'httparty'
=> false
irb(main):006:0> url = "http://api.repo.nypl.org/api/v1/items/8568ccd0-c614-012f-1d74-58d385a7bc34.json"
=> "http://api.repo.nypl.org/api/v1/items/8568ccd0-c614-012f-1d74-58d385a7bc34.json"
irb(main):007:0> uri = URI.parse(url)
=> #<URI::HTTP:0x9826744 URL:http://api.repo.nypl.org/api/v1/items/8568ccd0-c614-012f-1d74-58d385a7bc34.json>
irb(main):008:0> http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
=> #<Net::HTTP api.repo.nypl.org:80 open=false>
irb(main):009:0> headers = { "Authorization" => "Token token=mytoken" }
=> {"Authorization"=>"Token token=mytoken"}
irb(main):010:0> request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri, headers)
=> #<Net::HTTP::Get GET>
irb(main):011:0> response = http.request(request)
=> #<Net::HTTPUnauthorized 401 Authorization Required readbody=true>
irb(main):012:0> puts response
#<Net::HTTPUnauthorized:0x9938a74>
=> nil
irb(main):013:0>