Perform HTTPS requests over secure, verified connection

https.rb

require 'net/https'

url = URI.parse ARGV[0]

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)

# enable secure, verified connection
if url.scheme == "https"
  http.use_ssl = true
  http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER
  # get bundle at: http://curl.haxx.se/ca/cacert.pem
  http.ca_file = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "cacert.pem")
end

# healthy timeouts
http.open_timeout = 0.5
http.read_timeout = 5

response = http.start { http.get url.request_uri }

response.error! unless Net::HTTPSuccess === response

p response.code
p response.body.length