sending PATCH request to GH API v3

gistfile1.rb

require 'pp'
require 'json'
require 'net/https'

https = Net::HTTP.new('api.github.com', 443)
https.use_ssl = true
https.ca_path = '/etc/ssl/certs'
https.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER
https.verify_depth = 5

https.start {
  req = Net::HTTP::Post.new('/repos/myorg/secret/issues/42')
  req.basic_auth 'me', 'my-password'
  req.content_type = 'application/json'

  req.body = JSON.dump(
    _method: 'PATCH',
    labels: ['DONE'],
  )

  response = https.request(req)
  pp JSON.parse(response.body)
}

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