Error

undefined method `to_sym' for nil:NilClass
/Users/adamvandenhoven/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-head/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:551:in `block in start'
(eval):3:in `each'
(eval):3:in `each_with_optional_block'
/Users/adamvandenhoven/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-head/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:550:in `grep'
/Users/adamvandenhoven/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-head/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:550:in `start'
/Users/adamvandenhoven/Development/Glacier/api.glaciermedia.ca/lib/cheetah_mail.rb:23:in `fetch'
/Users/adamvandenhoven/Development/Glacier/api.glaciermedia.ca/lib/cheetah_mail/set_user.rb:88:in `setuser1'
/Users/adamvandenhoven/Development/Glacier/api.glaciermedia.ca/lib/cheetah_mail/set_user.rb:27:in `perform'

fetch.rb

  def fetch uri, params, use_cookie=true
    uri = URI( uri )
    uri.query = URI.encode_www_form(params)
    Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port,
      :use_ssl => true) do |http|
      request = Net::HTTP::Get.new uri.request_uri
      request['cookie'] = Resque.redis.get(CheetahMail::PASSKEY) if use_cookie
      response = http.request request # Net::HTTPResponse object
      return response
    end
  end

http.rb

    # call-seq:
    #   HTTP.start(address, port, p_addr, p_port, p_user, p_pass, &block)
    #   HTTP.start(address, port=nil, p_addr=nil, p_port=nil, p_user=nil, p_pass=nil, opt, &block)
    #
    # Creates a new Net::HTTP object, then additionally opens the TCP
    # connection and HTTP session.
    #
    # Arguments are the following:
    # _address_ :: hostname or IP address of the server
    # _port_    :: port of the server
    # _p_addr_  :: address of proxy
    # _p_port_  :: port of proxy
    # _p_user_  :: user of proxy
    # _p_pass_  :: pass of proxy
    # _opt_     :: optional hash
    #
    # _opt_ sets following values by its accessor.
    # The keys are ca_file, ca_path, cert, cert_store, ciphers,
    # close_on_empty_response, key, open_timeout, read_timeout, ssl_timeout,
    # ssl_version, use_ssl, verify_callback, verify_depth and verify_mode.
    # If you set :use_ssl as true, you can use https and default value of
    # verify_mode is set as OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER.
    #
    # If the optional block is given, the newly
    # created Net::HTTP object is passed to it and closed when the
    # block finishes.  In this case, the return value of this method
    # is the return value of the block.  If no block is given, the
    # return value of this method is the newly created Net::HTTP object
    # itself, and the caller is responsible for closing it upon completion
    # using the finish() method.
    def HTTP.start(address, *arg, &block) # :yield: +http+
      arg.pop if opt = Hash.try_convert(arg[-1])
      port, p_addr, p_port, p_user, p_pass = *arg
      port = https_default_port if !port && opt && opt[:use_ssl]
      http = new(address, port, p_addr, p_port, p_user, p_pass)

      if opt
        if opt[:use_ssl]
          opt = {verify_mode: OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER}.update(opt)
        end
        http.methods.grep(/\A(\w+)=\z/) do |meth|
          key = $1.to_sym
          opt.key?(key) or next
          http.__send__(meth, opt[key])
        end
      end

      http.start(&block)
    end

monkey patch results

"[:inspect, :set_debug_output, :address, :port, :open_timeout, :open_timeout=, :read_timeout, :read_timeout=, :continue_timeout, :continue_timeout=, :started?, :active?, :close_on_empty_response, :close_on_empty_response=, :use_ssl?, :use_ssl=, :ca_file, :ca_file=, :ca_path, :ca_path=, :cert, :cert=, :cert_store, :cert_store=, :ciphers, :ciphers=, :key, :key=, :ssl_timeout, :ssl_timeout=, :ssl_version, :ssl_version=, :verify_callback, :verify_callback=, :verify_depth, :verify_depth=, :verify_mode, :verify_mode=, :peer_cert, :start, :finish, :proxy?, :proxy_address, :proxy_port, :proxy_user, :proxy_pass, :proxyaddr, :proxyport, :get, :head, :post, :patch, :put, :proppatch, :lock, :unlock, :options, :propfind, :delete, :move, :copy, :mkcol, :trace, :request_get, :request_head, :request_post, :request_put, :get2, :head2, :post2, :put2, :send_request, :request, :psych_to_yaml, :to_yaml_properties, :to_yaml, :blank?, :present?, :presence, :acts_like?, :pretty_print, :pretty_print_cycle, :pretty_print_instance_variables, :pretty_print_inspect, :to_json, :nil?, :===, :=~, :!~, :eql?, :hash, :<=>, :class, :singleton_class, :clone, :dup, :initialize_dup, :initialize_clone, :taint, :tainted?, :untaint, :untrust, :untrusted?, :trust, :freeze, :frozen?, :to_s, :methods, :singleton_methods, :protected_methods, :private_methods, :public_methods, :instance_variables, :instance_variable_get, :instance_variable_set, :instance_variable_defined?, :instance_of?, :kind_of?, :is_a?, :tap, :send, :public_send, :respond_to?, :respond_to_missing?, :extend, :display, :method, :public_method, :define_singleton_method, :object_id, :to_enum, :enum_for, :gem, :require_with_backports, :try, :returning, :silence_warnings, :enable_warnings, :with_warnings, :silence_stderr, :silence_stream, :suppress, :pretty_inspect, :==, :equal?, :!, :!=, :instance_eval, :instance_exec, :__send__, :__id__]"
********************************************************************************
open_timeout=
nil
********************************************************************************
read_timeout=
nil
********************************************************************************
continue_timeout=
nil
********************************************************************************
close_on_empty_response=
nil
********************************************************************************
use_ssl=
nil
********************************************************************************
ca_file=
nil
********************************************************************************
ca_path=
nil
********************************************************************************
cert=
nil
********************************************************************************
cert_store=
nil
********************************************************************************
ciphers=
nil
********************************************************************************
key=
nil
********************************************************************************
ssl_timeout=
nil
********************************************************************************
ssl_version=
nil
********************************************************************************
verify_callback=
nil
********************************************************************************
verify_depth=
nil
********************************************************************************
verify_mode=
nil
*** (Job{subscriptions} | CheetahMail::SetUser | [{"email"=>"adam2@littlefyr.com", "sub"=>"2088191115", "aid"=>"2088191115", "check_aid"=>1}]) failed: #<NoMethodError: undefined method `to_sym' for nil:NilClass>

monkeypatch.rb

# Monkey Patch to see what is happening. 

module Net
  def HTTP.start(address, *arg, &block) # :yield: +http+
    arg.pop if opt = Hash.try_convert(arg[-1])
    port, p_addr, p_port, p_user, p_pass = *arg
    port = https_default_port if !port && opt && opt[:use_ssl]
    http = new(address, port, p_addr, p_port, p_user, p_pass)
    p http.methods.inspect
    if opt
      if opt[:use_ssl]
        opt = {verify_mode: OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER}.update(opt)
      end
      http.methods.grep(/\A(\w+)=\z/){ |m|
             puts "*"*80
             puts m
             p $1
             p $1.to_sym  rescue next
           }
      http.methods.grep(/\A(\w+)=\z/) do |meth|
        key = $1.to_sym
        opt.key?(key) or next
        http.__send__(meth, opt[key])
      end
    end
    http.start(&block)
  end
end