simple ruby http client that allows you to use :TLSv1, for old servers that fail with OpenSSL 1.0.1e. https://raw.github.com/eljojo/polar_express/master/lib/polar_express/http_client.rb

http_client.rb

class HTTPClient
  attr_accessor :old_tls, :use_ssl

  def initialize(opts = {})
    config = {
      old_tls: true,
      use_ssl: nil,
    }.merge(opts)

    @old_tls = config[:old_tls]
    @use_ssl = config[:use_ssl]
    @connection = nil
  end

  def get(url)
    uri = get_uri(url)
    opened_before = !!@connection
    open(uri) unless @connection

    req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
    req.basic_auth uri.user, uri.password if uri.user
    result = @connection.request(req).body

    close unless opened_before
    result
  end

  def post(url, params)
    uri = get_uri(url)
    opened_before = !!@connection
    open(uri) unless @connection

    req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
    req.form_data = params
    req.basic_auth uri.user, uri.password if uri.user
    result = @connection.request(req).body

    close unless opened_before
    result
  end

  def open(url)
    close
    uri = get_uri(url)
    @connection = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
    prepare_connection(uri)
    @connection.start
  end

  def close
    if @connection.is_a?(Net::HTTP) then
      @connection.finish if @connection.started?
    end
    @connection = nil
  end

private
  def get_uri(string_or_uri)
    if string_or_uri.is_a?(String)
      URI.parse(string_or_uri)
    else
      string_or_uri
    end
  end

  def prepare_connection(uri)
    @connection.use_ssl = @use_ssl.nil? ? uri.scheme == 'https' : @use_ssl
    @connection.ssl_version = @old_tls == true ? :TLSv1 : nil
  end
end