How can I print information about a NET:HTTPRequest for debug purposes?

Question

I\'m new to Ruby coming from Java. I\'m trying to make a http get request and I\'m getting an http response code of 400. The service I\'m calling over http is very particular an

Answer 1

Use set_debug_output.

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.set_debug_output($stdout) # Logger.new("foo.log") works too

That and more in http://github.com/augustl/net-http-cheat-sheet :)