How can I perform basic authentication while using JSON? - json

Question

I would like to access to a website with a lot of information and display all of it (as of now). However, I want to use JSON.parse and also authenticate the user and password in order to extract that information.
This is what I have:
require 'net/http'
require 'json'
url = 'http://robotrevolution.net/interface/int_order_options.php'
uri = URI(url)
response = Net::HTTP.get(uri)
jsonVal = JSON.parse(open(response))
puts jsonVal
However, while looking up online, I found I can use this:
require 'net/http'
require 'json'
require 'uri'
uri = URI('http://robotrevolution.net/interface/int_order_options.php')
Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port,
:use_ssl => uri.scheme == 'https',
:verify_mode => OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE) do |http|
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new uri.request_uri
request.basic_auth 'username', 'password'
response = http.request request # Net::HTTPResponse object
puts response
puts response.body
end
Moreover, I would like to find a way to mix both of them and use automatic authentication as well as parse JSON at the same time. Thank you.

Answer 1

Consider using RestClient library (https://github.com/rest-client/rest-client).
Example:
require 'rest-client'
require 'json'
require 'ostruct'
url_endpoint = 'https://api.example.com'
basic_auth_user = 'user'
basic_auth_password = 'pass'
basic_auth_creds = "#{basic_auth_user}:#{basic_auth_password}"
response = RestClient.get(url_endpoint, {
Authorization: "Basic #{Base64::encode64(basic_auth_creds)}"
})
json = JSON.parse(response.body, object_class: OpenStruct) unless response.empty?