Ruby send JSON request

Question

How do I send a JSON request in ruby? I have a JSON object but I dont think I can just do .send. Do I have to have javascript send the form?

Or can I use the net/http class in ruby?

With header - content type = json and body the json object?

Answer 1

data = {a: {b: [1, 2]}}.to_json
uri = URI 'https://myapp.com/api/v1/resource'
https = Net::HTTP.new uri.host, uri.port
https.use_ssl = true
https.post2 uri.path, data, 'Content-Type' => 'application/json'

Answer 2

This works on ruby 2.4 HTTPS Post with JSON object and the response body written out.

require 'net/http' #net/https does not have to be required anymore
require 'json'
require 'uri'

uri = URI('https://your.secure-url.com')
Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, :use_ssl => uri.scheme == 'https') do |http|
  request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri, 'Content-Type' => 'application/json')
  request.body = {parameter: 'value'}.to_json
  response = http.request request # Net::HTTPResponse object
  puts "response #{response.body}"
end

Answer 3

A simple json POST request example for those that need it even simpler than what Tom is linking to:

require 'net/http'

uri = URI.parse("http://www.example.com/search.json")
response = Net::HTTP.post_form(uri, {"search" => "Berlin"})

Answer 4

real life example, notify Airbrake API about new deployment via NetHttps

require 'uri'
require 'net/https'
require 'json'

class MakeHttpsRequest
  def call(url, hash_json)
    uri = URI.parse(url)
    req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.to_s)
    req.body = hash_json.to_json
    req['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
    # ... set more request headers 

    response = https(uri).request(req)

    response.body
  end

  private

  def https(uri)
    Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port).tap do |http|
      http.use_ssl = true
      http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
    end
  end
end

project_id = 'yyyyyy'
project_key = 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
url = "https://airbrake.io/api/v4/projects/#{project_id}/deploys?key=#{project_key}"
body_hash = {
  "environment":"production",
  "username":"tomas",
  "repository":"https://github.com/equivalent/scrapbook2",
  "revision":"live-20160905_0001",
  "version":"v2.0"
}

puts MakeHttpsRequest.new.call(url, body_hash)

Notes:

in case you doing authentication via Authorisation header set header req['Authorization'] = "Token xxxxxxxxxxxx" or http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionController/HttpAuthentication/Token.html

Answer 5

require 'net/http'
require 'json'

def create_agent
    uri = URI('http://api.nsa.gov:1337/agent')
    http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
    req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.path, 'Content-Type' => 'application/json')
    req.body = {name: 'John Doe', role: 'agent'}.to_json
    res = http.request(req)
    puts "response #{res.body}"
rescue => e
    puts "failed #{e}"
end

Answer 6

The net/http api can be tough to use.

require "net/http"

uri = URI.parse(uri)

Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port).start do |client|
  request                 = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.path)
  request.body            = "{}"
  request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
  client.request(request)
end