gistfile1.rb

require 'net/http'   # CODE FROM: https://github.com/mwmitchell/rsolr/blob/master/lib/rsolr/connection.rb
require 'net/https'

# The default/Net::Http adapter for RSolr.
class RSolr::Connection

  # using the request_context hash,
  # send a request,
  # then return the standard rsolr response hash {:status, :body, :headers}
  def execute client, request_context
    h = http request_context[:uri], request_context[:proxy], request_context[:read_timeout], request_context[:open_timeout]
    request = setup_raw_request request_context
    request.body = request_context[:data] if request_context[:method] == :post and request_context[:data]
    begin
      response = h.request request                        
# I ADDED DEBUG LOG HERE:
      puts response.inspect
      charset = response.type_params["charset"]
# ... more stuff


# It's expected that h is a Net::HTTP.new instance, and that 
# response is the result of doing the HTTP request 

# When run from console output is: (expected):
'#<Net::HTTPOK 200 OK readbody=true>'

# When run from a server (wtf is this?):
'[2013-03-07 13:42:55 +1030, #<NewRelic::Agent::StatsEngine::ScopeStackElement:0x2fecc7a9 @name="External/localhost/all", @children_time=0, @deduct_call_time_from_parent=true>]'


# ERROR I was getting was as follows (obviously if you get an array, but how is that coming back?)
'undefined method `type_params' for #<Array:0x7f6a9b19>'