start
start(address, *arg)
public
Creates a new Net::HTTP object, then additionally opens the TCP connection and HTTP session.
Arguments are the following:
address |
hostname or IP address of the server |
port |
port of the server |
p_addr |
address of proxy |
p_port |
port of proxy |
p_user |
user of proxy |
p_pass |
pass of proxy |
opt |
optional hash |
opt sets following values by its accessor. The keys are ca_file, ca_path, cert, cert_store, ciphers, close_on_empty_response, key, open_timeout, read_timeout, ssl_timeout, ssl_version, use_ssl, verify_callback, verify_depth and verify_mode. If you set :use_ssl as true, you can use https and default value of verify_mode is set as OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER.
If the optional block is given, the newly created Net::HTTP object is passed to it and closed when the block finishes. In this case, the return value of this method is the return value of the block. If no block is given, the return value of this method is the newly created Net::HTTP object itself, and the caller is responsible for closing it upon completion using the finish() method.