El ejemplo de Net::HTTP

simple.rb

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'json'

host = "http://httparty.herokuapp.com"

#let's store the cookie here
cookie = ""

#let's read some quotes
3.times do |quote_id|
  quote_uri = URI("#{host}/quotes/random")
  quote_req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(quote_uri.request_uri)
  quote_req['Accept'] = "application/json"
  #if we have a cookie, use it
  quote_req['Cookie'] = cookie unless cookie.empty?
  quote_res = Net::HTTP.start(quote_uri.hostname, quote_uri.port){|http|  http.request(quote_req) }
  #update the cookie
  cookie = quote_res['Set-Cookie']
  body_hash = JSON.parse(quote_res.body)
  puts "Reading '#{body_hash["content"]}' by #{body_hash["author"]}"
end

puts "Quotes I've read:"

read_uri = URI("#{host}/quotes/read")
read_req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(read_uri.request_uri)
read_req['Accept'] = "text/plain"
read_req['Cookie'] = cookie
read_res = Net::HTTP.start(read_uri.hostname, read_uri.port){|http|  http.request(read_req) }
puts read_res.body