HipChat API authentication fails when initiated from Ruby script -

i'm using ruby 1.8.7 not allow me use newest hipchat gem (due httparty incompatibility) , older version not work. seems though simple script cannot accomplish task. cannot figure out wrong it

require 'uri' require 'net/http' require 'net/https' require 'json'  data = {     'color' => 'green',     'message' => 'yaba-daba-doo!',     'notify' => false }.to_json  uri = uri.parse('https://api.hipchat.com/v2/room/room_id/notification?auth_token=my_token')  https = net::http.new(uri.host, uri.port) https.use_ssl = true  req = net::http::post.new(uri.path, initheader = {'content-type' =>'application/json'})  req.body = "[ #{data} ]"  res = https.request(req) puts "response #{res.code} #{res.message}: #{res.body}" 

yields

response 401 unauthorized: {   "error": {     "code": 401,     "message": "authenticated requests only. see https://www.hipchat.com/docs/apiv2/auth more information.",     "type": "unauthorized"   } } 

while works

curl -d '{"color": "green", "message": "foobar, damn it!", "notify": false, "message_format": "text"}' -h 'content-type: application/json' https://api.hipchat.com/v2/room/room_id/notification?auth_token=my_token 

i've tried every way can imagine , seems hipchat api not see token. tried sending via authorization header, no success..

edit: tried see ruby sending , got rid of auth_token parameter altogether. sent header

headers = {   'content-type' =>'application/json',   'authorization:' => "bearer #{auth_token}" }  req = net::http::post.new(uri.path, initheader = headers) 

still no luck. here 2 wireshark frames captured. curl 1 passed, ruby 1 didn't.

curl (successful):

frame 458912: 356 bytes on wire (2848 bits), 356 bytes captured (2848 bits) on interface 0 ethernet ii, src: apple_09:01:72 (80:e6:50:09:01:72), dst: routerbo_fa:1e:71 (d4:ca:6d:fa:1e:71) internet protocol version 4, src: 192.168.1.138 (192.168.1.138), dst: 107.21.219.105 (107.21.219.105) transmission control protocol, src port: 65126 (65126), dst port: 80 (80), seq: 1, ack: 1, len: 290 hypertext transfer protocol     post /v2/room/room_id/notification http/1.1\r\n         [expert info (chat/sequence): post /v2/room/room_id/notification http/1.1\r\n]             [post /v2/room/room_id/notification http/1.1\r\n]             [severity level: chat]             [group: sequence]         request method: post         request uri: /v2/room/room_id/notification         request version: http/1.1     host: api.hipchat.com\r\n     user-agent: curl/7.43.0\r\n     accept: */*\r\n     content-type: application/json\r\n     authorization: bearer auth_token\r\n     content-length: 66\r\n         [content length: 66]     \r\n     [full request uri: http://api.hipchat.com/v2/room/room_id/notification]     [http request 1/1]     [response in frame: 458920] javascript object notation: application/json     object         member key: "color"             string value: green         member key: "message"             string value: foobar, damn it!         member key: "notify"             false value 

** ruby (unsuccessful) **

frame 453567: 127 bytes on wire (1016 bits), 127 bytes captured (1016 bits) on interface 0 ethernet ii, src: apple_09:01:72 (80:e6:50:09:01:72), dst: routerbo_fa:1e:71 (d4:ca:6d:fa:1e:71) internet protocol version 4, src: 192.168.1.138 (192.168.1.138), dst: 107.21.219.105 (107.21.219.105) transmission control protocol, src port: 65124 (65124), dst port: 80 (80), seq: 220, ack: 1, len: 61 [2 reassembled tcp segments (280 bytes): #453562(219), #453567(61)] hypertext transfer protocol     post /v2/room/room_id/notification http/1.1\r\n         [expert info (chat/sequence): post /v2/room/room_id/notification http/1.1\r\n]             [post /v2/room/room_id/notification http/1.1\r\n]             [severity level: chat]             [group: sequence]         request method: post         request uri: /v2/room/room_id/notification         request version: http/1.1     content-type: application/json\r\n     connection: close\r\n     accept: */*\r\n     content-length: 61\r\n         [content length: 61]     authorization:: bearer auth_token\r\n     host: api.hipchat.com\r\n     \r\n     [full request uri: http://api.hipchat.com/v2/room/room_id/notification]     [http request 1/1]     [response in frame: 453576] javascript object notation: application/json     object         member key: "message"             string value: foobar, damn it!         member key: "color"             string value: green         member key: "notify"             false value