SSL Error on HTTP POST (Unknown Protocol)

Question

Trying to connect to Imgur API via SSL gives me an error. Here\'s the code and the error:

  API_URI = URI.parse(\'https://api.imgur.com\')
  API_PUBLIC_KEY = \'C         


        

Answer 1

For me it was because I had started the server as a http (tcp://) servers instead of https (ssl://).

i.e.

bundle exec puma config.ru -b 'tcp://0.0.0.0:3456?key=/path/to/key.key&cert=/path/to/cert.crt'

instead of:

bundle exec puma config.ru -b 'ssl://0.0.0.0:3456?key=/path/to/key.key&cert=/path/to/cert.crt'

Answer 2

Specifying the port when creating the HTTP client fixed this problem.

http = Net::HTTP.new(API_URI.host, API_URI.port)

or

http = Net::HTTP.new(API_URI.host, 443)