Authenticated API call to the GitHub Users v3 API in Ruby

gistfile1.rb

require 'net/http'

uri = URI('https://api.github.com/user')
Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, :use_ssl => uri.scheme == 'https') do |http|
  request = Net::HTTP::Get.new uri.request_uri 
  request.basic_auth 'username', 'password'
  response = http.request request
  puts response.body
end