URI::HTTP

Class

The syntax of HTTP URIs is defined in RFC1738 section 3.3.

Note that the Ruby URI library allows HTTP URLs containing usernames and passwords. This is not legal as per the RFC, but used to be supported in Internet Explorer 5 and 6, before the MS04-004 security update. See <URL:support.microsoft.com/kb/834489>.

Constants

DEFAULT_PORT

A Default port of 80 for URI::HTTP.

COMPONENT

An Array of the available components for URI::HTTP.

Class Methods

build(args)

lib/uri/http.rb View on GitHub

          
            # File tmp/rubies/ruby-2.7.6/lib/uri/http.rb, line 60
def self.build(args)
  tmp = Util.make_components_hash(self, args)
  super(tmp)
end

Description

Creates a new URI::HTTP object from components, with syntax checking.

The components accepted are userinfo, host, port, path, query, and fragment.

The components should be provided either as an Array, or as a Hash with keys formed by preceding the component names with a colon.

If an Array is used, the components must be passed in the order [userinfo, host, port, path, query, fragment].

Example:

uri = URI::HTTP.build(host: 'www.example.com', path: '/foo/bar')

uri = URI::HTTP.build([nil, "www.example.com", nil, "/path",
  "query", 'fragment'])

Currently, if passed userinfo components this method generates invalid HTTP URIs as per RFC 1738.

Instance Methods

request_uri

lib/uri/http.rb View on GitHub

          
            # File tmp/rubies/ruby-2.7.6/lib/uri/http.rb, line 78
def request_uri
  return unless @path

  url = @query ? "#@path?#@query" : @path.dup
  url.start_with?(?/.freeze) ? url : ?/ + url
end

Description

Returns the full path for an HTTP request, as required by Net::HTTP::Get.

If the URI contains a query, the full path is URI#path + ‘?’ + URI#query. Otherwise, the path is simply URI#path.

Example:

uri = URI::HTTP.build(path: '/foo/bar', query: 'test=true')
uri.request_uri #  => "/foo/bar?test=true"