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# From http://tammersaleh.com/posts/rescuing-net-http-exceptions require 'net/http' #=> true # The ancestors beforehand Net::HTTPBadResponse.ancestors #=> [Net::HTTPBadResponse, StandardError, Exception, Object, Wirble::Shortcuts, PP::ObjectMixin, Kernel] # Define the module to use for catching the exceptions module Net::HTTPBroken; end #=> nil # Include the module into the exceptions [Timeout::Error, Errno::EINVAL, Errno::ECONNRESET, EOFError, Net::HTTPBadResponse, Net::HTTPHeaderSyntaxError, Net::ProtocolError].each {|m| m.send(:include, Net::HTTPBroken)} #=> [Timeout::Error, Errno::EINVAL, Errno::ECONNRESET, EOFError, Net::HTTPBadResponse, Net::HTTPHeaderSyntaxError, Net::ProtocolError] # Now the exceptions have the module in their ancestry Timeout::Error.ancestors #=> [Timeout::Error, Net::HTTPBroken, Interrupt, SignalException, Exception, Object, Wirble::Shortcuts, PP::ObjectMixin, Kernel] Net::HTTPBadResponse.ancestors #=> [Net::HTTPBadResponse, Net::HTTPBroken, StandardError, Exception, Object, Wirble::Shortcuts, PP::ObjectMixin, Kernel] # Lets check whether it works begin; raise Net::HTTPBadResponse, "Got a bad response!"; rescue Net::HTTPBroken => e; puts e.message; end # Got a bad response! #=> nil begin; raise Errno::EINVAL, "Invalid!"; rescue Net::HTTPBroken => e; puts e.message; end # Invalid argument - Invalid! #=> nil # Win!