HTTPS request with Net::HTTP and basic http auth

request.rb

site = URI("https://some.domain.net/path?event_id=#{event.id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(site.host, site.port)
http.use_ssl = true
http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE if Rails.env.development?
http.open_timeout = 1
http.read_timeout = 1

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new("#{site.path}?#{site.query}")
req.basic_auth 'user', 'pass'

response = http.request(req)