Invoke web service request in ruby

getTwitterStatus.rb

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


uri = URI.parse("http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/public_timeline.json")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)

res = http.request(request)
response = JSON.parse(res.body)
puts response