How to do basic authentication over https in ruby?

@aubrey 

You can perform basic authentication over HTTPS in Ruby using the Net::HTTP library. Here is an example code snippet showing how to make a POST request with basic authentication:

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require 'net/https'
require 'uri'

uri = URI.parse("https://example.com/api")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.path)
request.basic_auth("username", "password")
request.set_form_data({key1: 'value1', key2: 'value2'})

response = http.request(request)

puts response.body

In this code snippet, we first require the necessary libraries and then parse the URL we want to make a request to. We create a new Net::HTTP object and set use_ssl to true to ensure the communication is done over HTTPS.

Next, we create a Net::HTTP::Post object for making a POST request, set the basic authentication credentials using the basic_auth method, and set the form data using the set_form_data method.

Finally, we make the request using the request method and print the response body. Make sure to replace "https://example.com/api", "username", and "password" with your actual values.