nil_response_body.rb

require 'net/http'

response = Net::HTTP.start("httpstat.us") { |http| http.get("/204") }
puts "Body is: #{response.body.inspect}"

output

➜  ruby nil_response_body.rb
Body is: nil
➜  ruby --version
ruby 1.8.7 (2010-01-10 patchlevel 249) [universal-darwin10.0]
➜  ruby nil_response_body.rb 
Body is: nil
➜  rvm use 1.9.2
Using /Users/myron/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290
➜  ruby --version           
ruby 1.9.2p290 (2011-07-09 revision 32553) [x86_64-darwin10.8.0]
➜  ruby nil_response_body.rb 
Body is: nil
➜  rvm use 1.9.3
Using /Users/myron/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194
➜  ruby --version
ruby 1.9.3p194 (2012-04-20 revision 35410) [x86_64-darwin10.8.0]
➜  ruby nil_response_body.rb
Body is: nil
➜  rvm use jruby
Using /Users/myron/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.7.2
➜  ruby --version
jruby 1.6.7.2 (ruby-1.8.7-p357) (2012-05-01 26e08ba) (Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 1.6.0_31) [darwin-x86_64-java]
➜  ruby nil_response_body.rb
Body is: nil
➜  rvm use rbx
Using /Users/myron/.rvm/gems/rbx-head
➜  ruby --version
rubinius 2.0.0dev (1.8.7 66191c9f yyyy-mm-dd JI) [x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0]
➜  ruby nil_response_body.rb
Body is: nil