Net::HTTPBadResponse: wrong status line:

[drewbt]

I have run the sample code:

require 'bigcommerce'

api = BigCommerce::Api.new({
    :store_url => "https://www.mybigcommercestoreurl.com",
    :username  => "admin",
    :api_key   => "myapikey"
})

which returns #<Bigcommerce...... ...>

but then this command

api.get_time

returns this:
Net::HTTPBadResponse: wrong status line: "<!DOCTYPYE HTML PUBLIC \"-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN\">"

Could anyone assist?

[maetl]

Looks like the api is not enabled for your store, so a default server page is being returned.

The api is still in beta, and opened to a small group of trial customers, so you will need to specifically request it to be enabled for the store:

http://www.bigcommerce.com/ecommerce-blog/were-now-accepting-signups-for-beta-testing-of-our-new-restful-api/

[drewbt]

Thanks for the quick reply - I have sent in a request.

[drewbt]

The api has been activated for my store but the same error remains. Is there something else I could be missing?

[maetl]

Okay, will investigate.

[maetl]

I’ve pushed the changes merged from #2 into a new version of the gem (0.0.3) which can be downloaded from RubyGems.org. Should solve the issue, assuming that all requests are going over SSL.

[drewbt]

I'm now getting the error
OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError: SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 state=SSLv3 read server certificate B: certificate verify failed.

I'm using an https url

does the path 'api/v2' need to be used somewhere?

Is there something I'm missing?

On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 8:54 AM, Mark Rickerby <
reply@reply.github.com>wrote:

Ive pushed the changes merged from #2 into a new version of the gem
(0.0.3) which can be downloaded from RubyGems.org. Should solve the issue,
assuming that all requests are going over SSL.

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[maetl]

I can confirm that your store API at ledlenser.co.za is working in the bigcommerce-api-ruby client 0.0.4:

local:~ local$ irb
irb(main):001:0> require 'rubygems'
=> true
irb(main):002:0> require 'bigcommerce'
=> true
irb(main):003:0> store = BigCommerce::Api.new({...})
=> #<BigCommerce::Api:0x13cf20c @connection=#<BigCommerce::Connection:0x13cf1d0>>
irb(main):004:0> store.get_time
warning: peer certificate won't be verified in this SSL session
=> {"time"=>1318670204}

Note the warning I get from the Net::HTTP library, regarding the SSL certificate verification. It looks like you are seeing a related problem, except that your version of the library is throwing an error, rather than this warning.

Your request is going over HTTPS correctly, but your local certificate authority bundle does not have the details of the certificate authority that signed your SSL certificate — so the SSL library is throwing an error. In Ruby 1.8.7 (above), a warning is shown. In Ruby 1.9, looks like the OpenSSL error is happening.

The best solution is to see if you can install an up to date cacert.pem file locally, that recognizes the signed SSL certificate for your store.

[maetl]

This issue should be fixed in 0.0.5 version of the client, now on RubyGems.org.

To switch off SSL verification by default, pass an additional config parameter or use the setter method:

api = BigCommerce::Api.new( { ... , :verify_peer => false } )

api = BigCommerce::Api.new( { ... } )
api.verify_peer = false

This is not recommended, as it is less secure than verifying the certificate on each request, but it should solve the issue.

[drewbt]

It's working now - thanks for the help.

[maetl]

Thanks for the feedback.

You might want to keep an eye on the gem channel or this github project for the beta (0.1.0) release of this client, which will bring features in line with those supported by the official PHP client at https://github.com/bigcommerce/bigcommerce-api-php