Not secure function that gets convore topic id by url

convore-topic-id.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'json'
require 'net/https'

# Run as `ruby convore-topic-id.rb <URL>`

def request(http, path, user, pass)
  req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(path)
  req.basic_auth user, pass
  http.request(req) do |response|
    yield response
  end
end

def topic_id url, username, password
  url =~ %r{^((https?://)?convore.com)?/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/.*$}
  group, topic = $3, $4

  raise 'Invalid URL' unless group && topic

  http = Net::HTTP.new('convore.com', 443)
  http.use_ssl = true
  http.start do |http|
    r = lambda do |p,&cb|
      request http, p, username, password do |response|
        cb.call response
      end
    end

    r.call '/api/groups.json' do |groups_response|
      groups_json = JSON.parse(groups_response.body)
      groups_json["groups"].each do |g|
        if g["slug"] == group
          r.call "/api/groups/#{g["id"]}/topics.json" do |topics_response|
            topics_json = JSON.parse(topics_response.body)
            topics_json["topics"].each do |t|
              return t["id"] if t["slug"] == topic
            end
          end
        end
      end
      return nil
    end
  end
end

if __FILE__ == $0

  unless ARGV[0]
    puts "Gets topic id from convore URL"
    puts "#{__FILE__} <URL>"
    exit 1
  end

  username = ENV['CONVORE_USERNAME']
  unless username
    print 'username: '
    username = $stdin.gets.strip
  end

  password = ENV['CONVORE_PASSWORD']
  unless password
    print 'password: '
    password = $stdin.gets.strip
  end

  id = topic_id ARGV[0], username, password
  if id
    puts "topic_id: #{id}"
  else
    puts "not found"
    exit 1
  end

end