HipChat API Example

auth_token  = "your_token"
room_id     = "your_room_id"
from        = 'OpsWorks'
color       = 'green'
message = 'hello!'

uri = URI.parse "https://api.hipchat.com/v1/rooms/message"

Net::HTTP.version_1_2

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new uri.request_uri
request.set_form_data({
  :auth_token => auth_token,
  :room_id    => room_id,
  :from       => from,
  :color      => color,
  :message    => message,
  :notify     => true
}, '&')

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true
http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

http.set_debug_output $stderr
http.start do |h|
  response = h.request(request)
end