Check http or https connections with ruby using Net::HTTP or Net::HTTPS

check_http.rb

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'net/https'
opts = ARGV.collect{|a| a if a =~ /^(-[a-zA-Z]+)/}.compact
url = ARGV - opts
use_https = lambda{|http| http.use_ssl = true
                    http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE}
requester = lambda{|http, uri| http.request(Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri))}
if url.size > 1
  puts "Multiple Urls not Supported" 
  exit
elsif url.empty?
  puts "Usage: ruby check_http.rb http://www.my_host.com [-asrhclb]"
  exit
end
begin
  uri = URI.parse(url[0])
rescue
  puts "Bad url." 
end
begin
  http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port) 
  use_https.call(http) if uri.scheme == "https"
  # Options here
  # -r = response code 
  # -s = response status
  # -b = respnose body 
  # -c = content type
  # -l = content length
  # -h = header
  # -a username password = basic auth
  opts.each do |o|
    case o
    when /-.*a.*/
      a_idx = opts.index("-a") 
      request.basic_auth(opts[a_idx+1], opts[a_idx+2])
      response = requester.call(http, uri)
      puts response.body
    when /-.*s.*/ 
      response = requester.call(http, uri)
      puts response.message
    when /-.*r.*/
      response = requester.call(http, uri)
      puts response.code
    when /-.*h.*/
      response = requester.call(http, uri)
      puts response.header
    when /-.*c.*/
      response = requester.call(http, uri)
      puts response.content_type
    when /-.*l.*/
      response = requester.call(http, uri)
      puts response.content_length
    when /-.*b.*/
      response = requester.call(http, uri)
      puts response.body
    when opts.empty?
      Net::HTTP.get_print(uri)
    end
  end
rescue
  puts "Connection failed!"
end