GET a content of a https URL (handling redirects)

get_https_uri.rb

require "uri"
require "net/https"

location = "https://..." # the URL to GET

begin
  uri = URI.parse(location)
  http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
  http.use_ssl = true
  http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
  request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
  case response = http.request(request)
    when Net::HTTPRedirection then location = response['location']
    when Net::HTTPClientError, Net::HTTPServerError then response.error!
  end
end until Net::HTTPSuccess === response

puts response.body