require "net/http" uri = URI.parse("https://example.com") Net::HTTP.get(uri) resp = Net::HTTP.post(URI.parse(uri), "some_body") resp.body resp.read_body resp.entity req = Net::HTTP.new("https://example.com") r1 = req.get("/") r2 = req.post("/") r3 = req.put("/") r4 = req.patch("/") r1.body r2.read_body r3.entity r4.foo def get(domain, path) Net::HTTP.new(domain).get(path) end get("example.com", "/").body