Using Net::HTTP in Ruby

Net::HTTP is a built-in HTTP client library for Ruby that provides basic functionality for making HTTP requests and handling responses. It is part of the Ruby standard library and offers a simple API for sending requests and receiving responses from web servers.

We've implemented a code sample that you can re-use to convert your HTML documents to PDF, JPG, PNG or WEBP using PDFShift and Ruby:

require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
require 'json'

def convert(api_key, params, endpoint = 'pdf')
  # Ensure the endpoint is valid
  unless %w[pdf png jpg webp].include?(endpoint)
    raise ArgumentError, 'Invalid endpoint specified'
  end

  # Set the API URL
  url = URI("https://api.pdfshift.io/v3/convert/#{endpoint}")

  # Create a Net::HTTP instance
  http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
  http.use_ssl = true

  # Create the request
  request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
  request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
  request.basic_auth('api', api_key)
  request.body = params.to_json

  # Send the request and handle the response
  response = http.request(request)

  # Check for successful response
  unless response.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
    raise "Request failed with status code #{response.code}: #{response.body}"
  end

  # Return the response based on the presence of filename or webhook
  response_body.key?('filename') || response_body.key?('webhook') ? JSON.parse(response.body) : response.body
end

Here's how you can use the above code:

begin
  result = convert('sk_XXXXXXXXXXXXXX', {'source' => 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REST'})
  puts result
rescue StandardError => e
  puts "Error: #{e.message}"
end

We've tested this code with the latest version of Net::HTTP and it's ready to be used in your project.

But if you were to encounter any bugs or issues while running it (or if you want to suggest changes to improve the code), please contact us and we'll be happy to help you out.