Minimal HTTPS Client in Ruby.rb

require 'openssl'
require 'socket'

header = <<HEADER
GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
Origin: localhost
Content-Length: 0
Content-Type: text/plain
Connection: close\r\n\r\n
HEADER

begin
  s = TCPSocket.open("example.com", 443)

  ssl_context = OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext.new

  puts ssl_context.verify_mode
  s = OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket.new( s, ssl_context )
  s.sync_close = true
  s.connect
  s.post_connection_check("example.com")

  s.write header
  puts s.read

ensure
  s.close
end