JSON parse from a Remote URL which requires a user

Question

I have a url which points to a JSON output, however this URL requires a username and password through a standard apache pop up authentication box. I have tried to access this URL from my rails controller like the following:

result = JSON.parse(open("http://user:[e-mail]/json").read)

However it isn't working. I have the following at the top of my controller:

require 'open-uri'
require 'json'

I just get an error which says ArgumentError, userinfo not supported. [RFC3986]

Answer 1

try to password and user as additional option

 open("http://...", :http_basic_authentication=>[user, password])