Parse JSON from a Secure URL using Ruby

parse_json.rb

require "json"
require "net/https"
require "uri"

uri = URI.parse("https://github.com/databyte.json")

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)

response = http.request(request)

if response.code == "200"
  result = JSON.parse(response.body)
  
  puts result
else
  puts "ERROR #{response.code}!!!"
end

# http://www.rubyinside.com/nethttp-cheat-sheet-2940.html