Http request

gistfile1.rb

  def http(request)
    env = ENV['http_proxy']
    if env then
      uri = URI(env)
      proxy_host, proxy_port = uri.host, uri.port
    else
      proxy_host, proxy_port = nil, nil
    end
    connection = Net::HTTP::Proxy(proxy_host, proxy_port).new("api.github.com", 443)
    connection.use_ssl = true
    connection.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
    connection.open_timeout = 10
    connection.read_timeout = 10
    connection.start do |http|
      http.request request
    end
  rescue Timeout::Error
    raise "Could not connect to https://api.github.com/"
  end