Make HTTP Calls with Non-standard Verbs (in Ruby)

non_standard_http_verbs.rb

# HTTP

require "net/http"

Net::HTTP.start(host) do |http|
  response = http.send_request("FOO", "/", nil, nil)
  puts response.body
end

# HTTPS

require "net/https"

Net::HTTP.start(host, use_ssl: true) do |http|
  response = http.send_request("FOO", "/", nil, nil)
  puts response.body
end

# If the SSL-cert uses an unrecorgized Certificate Authority

Net::HTTP.start(host, use_ssl: true, verify_mode: OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE) do |http|
  response = http.send_request("FOO", "/", nil, nil)
  puts response.body
end