Simplified HTTParty

my_rest.rb

include 'httparty'

module SimpleRest
  class Request < HTTParty::Request

    def attach_ssl_certificates(http)
      # this method is overridden b/c its the only place we can modify the 'http' object
      if http.use_ssl?
        http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

        if options[:cert]
          http.cert = options[:cert]
          http.verify_mode = OpenSSL:SSL::VERIFY_PEER
        end

        if options[:key]
          http.cert = options[:key]
          http.verify_mode = OpenSSL:SSL::VERIFY_PEER
        end

        if options[:ssl_ca_file]
          http.cert = options[:ssl_ca_file]
          http.verify_mode = OpenSSL:SSL::VERIFY_PEER
        end

        if options[:ssl_ca_path]
          http.cert = options[:ssl_ca_path]
          http.verify_mode = OpenSSL:SSL::VERIFY_PEER
        end

        # not provided by HTTParty
        if options[:verify_mode]
          http.cert = options[:cert]
          http.verify_mode = options[:verify_mode]
        end
    end
  end
end


require 'my_rest/request'

require 'httparty'
module MyRest
  def self.included(base)
    # include httparty before b/c classmethods provides custom 'perform_request'
    base.send(:include, HTTParty)
    base.extend ClassMethods
  end

  module ClassMethods
    @@configured = false
    def configured=(val); @@configured = val; end
    def configured?; @@configured; end

    def configure(&blk)
      raise "already configured" if configured?

      # prevent old config settings from sticking around
      default_options.clear

      instance_eval &blk

      self.configured = true
    end

    def cert_file(cert_file)
      contents = File.read cert_file
      cert OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.new contents
    end

    def cert(cert)
      default_options[:cert] = cert
    end

    def key_file(key_file, key_password=nil)
      contents = File.read key_file
      key OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new contents, key_password
    end

    def key(key)
      default_options[:key] = key
    end

    def verify_mode(verify_mode)
      default_options[:verify_mode] = verify_mode || OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
    end

    def perform_request(http_method, path, options) #:nodoc:
      options =  default_options.dup.merge(options)
      process_cookies(options)
      MyRest::Request.new(http_method, path, options).perform
    end
  end

  class Delegate
    include SimpleRest
  end

  def self.method_missing(name, *args)

    if name == :configure
      # configure requires a block the only way I could get it was using this method here,
      # it would be great not to have this "if/else"
      # TODO: fix this
      Delegate.send(name, &Proc.new)
    else
      Delegate.send(name, *args)
    end
  end

request.rb

include 'httparty'

module MyRest
  class Request < HTTParty::Request

    def attach_ssl_certificates(http)
      # this method is overridden b/c its the only place we can modify the 'http' object
      if http.use_ssl?
        http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

        if options[:cert]
          http.cert = options[:cert]
          http.verify_mode = OpenSSL:SSL::VERIFY_PEER
        end

        if options[:key]
          http.cert = options[:key]
          http.verify_mode = OpenSSL:SSL::VERIFY_PEER
        end

        if options[:ssl_ca_file]
          http.cert = options[:ssl_ca_file]
          http.verify_mode = OpenSSL:SSL::VERIFY_PEER
        end

        if options[:ssl_ca_path]
          http.cert = options[:ssl_ca_path]
          http.verify_mode = OpenSSL:SSL::VERIFY_PEER
        end

        # not provided by HTTParty
        if options[:verify_mode]
          http.cert = options[:cert]
          http.verify_mode = options[:verify_mode]
        end
    end
  end
end

s/OpenSSL:SSL::VERIFY_PEER/OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER/g