How do I make HTTParty ignore SSL?

Question

I\'m using a local server to test an application, and make requests to that server from my own machine.

The test server\'s SSL is bad, and HTTParty throws errors bec

Answer 1

If you want to still send your certificates, use this flag:

verify_peer: false

Answer 2

To make HTTParty always skip SSL cert verification, and not have to specify this in every call:

require 'httparty'
HTTParty::Basement.default_options.update(verify: false)

HTTParty.get("#{@settings.api_ssl_server}#{url1}")
HTTParty.get("#{@settings.api_ssl_server}#{url2}")
HTTParty.get("#{@settings.api_ssl_server}#{url3}")
# ...

You can also do this scoped to a class when including HTTParty as a module:

require 'httparty'

class Client
  include HTTParty
  default_options.update(verify: false)
end

Client.get("#{@settings.api_ssl_server}#{url1}")
Client.get("#{@settings.api_ssl_server}#{url2}")
Client.get("#{@settings.api_ssl_server}#{url3}")

Or

require 'httparty'

module APIHelpers
  class Client
    include HTTParty
    default_options.update(verify: false)
  end
end
World(APIHelpers)

Client.get("#{@settings.api_ssl_server}#{url1}")
Client.get("#{@settings.api_ssl_server}#{url2}")
Client.get("#{@settings.api_ssl_server}#{url3}")

Answer 3

This may be totally off base, as I'm new to Ruby, but this is what worked for me when other solutions wouldnt

OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

Additional ways of doing this, if you get a 'dynamic constant assignment' (pulled from here)

OpenSSL::SSL.const_set(:VERIFY_PEER, OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE) 

Answer 4

In the latest HTTParty, you can use the verify option to disable SSL verification;

HTTParty.get( "#{ @settings.api_server }#{ url }", :verify => false ).parsed_response